Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:25:31 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Subject: Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python) Message-ID: <200001260225.VAA10439@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:55:55 %2B1030." <20000126095555.C43103@freebie.lemis.com> References: <388DD60D.B33EAF26@partitur.se> <20000126095555.C43103@freebie.lemis.com>
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> [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > On Tuesday, 25 January 2000 at 17:57:49 +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have a Seagate Python (DSS-20) tape streamer, and it won't accept > > a retension command. Well, it accepts it, but nothing happens. Any > > ideas why this is so? > > > This is what happens: > > > > $ mt ret > > $ <---- immediately, I get a fresh prompt. nothing happens. > > I don't know the DSS-20, but if it's a modern tape drive, it doesn't > support retensioning. The driver accepts and ignores the command. I used to use an Archive (subsequently bought by Seagate) Python DAT drive. Could it be a DDS-2 drive? In any case, if it is a DAT drive, then ceratinly Greg's comment applies: it doesn't do retensioning. louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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