Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:06:27 +0100 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python) Message-ID: <388F7DF3.5D795DA3@partitur.se> References: <20000127083312.Y44457@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001261432400.62527-100000@beppo.feral.com> <20000127092913.C53307@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 26 January 2000 at 14:33:37 -0800, Matt Jacob wrote: > >>> Hmm... my tapes sometimes jam. I though a retension would help, but > >>> I guess I have to calculate on a certain amount of failure. > >> > >> No, this is a problem with your drive. This shouldn't happen, and > >> it's a bad sign. > > > > This happens with some frequency with DAT. Regular head cleaning > > helps, > > That depends on what's causing the jamming. I've never seen any > relationship between jamming and head cleaning. And this taper warns with a flashing diode when cleaning is needed, and I obey the signal... :) /Palle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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