Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 09:25:55 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org (FreeBSD SCSI Mailing List) Subject: Re: Explain this you SCSI tape experts! :-) Message-ID: <199612270825.JAA02999@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <32C2C13E.41C67EA6@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Dec 26, 96 10:17:34 am"
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Julian Elischer writes: > J Wunsch wrote: >> >> As Sean Kelly wrote: >> >> As fate would have it, that's the very tape I need. But when I stick it >> in the drive, FreeBSD reports BLANK CHECK. Doh! >> >> What could cause that? >> >> No idea why there's nothing on the tape, but BLANK CHECK does of >> course mean you're trying to read beyond the recorded medium area. > > didi you rewind it accidentally between sets? > did you rewind if after the last one? I wish I understood what happened here. I would almost guess that you (Sean) have mistaken the tape for another one which is really blank. In any case, it's not a question of rewinding: helical scan drives rewind tapes before ejecting them, even if you have specified /dev/nrst*. I can't see how you could write anything on the tape without first writing at the start, and after loading again, it will definitely be positioned at BOT. Greg
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