Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:17:43 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001261616590.62527-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <20000127092913.C53307@freebie.lemis.com>
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> 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. If enough gunk builds up on the heads, the tape lifts off slightly and starts a roll which can get reverse wrapped around a capstan roller. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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