Re: Tape or tape drive problem

[Kirk Goins <kgoins@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Rich wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a tape drive that won't initialize some tapes.  It is a replacement 
> for an old drive which failed, replaced by IBM.  It initializes tapes that 
> were previously initialized on the old drive, but it won't initialize any 
> new tapes that we have bought.  The old vs. new tapes all appear to be the 
> same: SLR QIC2GB.  I'm not sure if I have a tape drive problem or have 
> just gotten incredibly unlucky and received two batches of defective tapes 
> in a row.  Has anyone experieced similar problems?  Can anyone suggest 
> what I might do to determine the cause of the problem?
>
> James Rich
>
> if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
> the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
> when you're done reading them :)
>  	- Paul Davis on ardour-dev
>   
What is the model/feature code of the tape drive you are trying to use? 
Also what system and OS just for grins...