Re: Tape or tape drive problem -- MIDRANGE-L

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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Kirk Goins wrote:

James Rich wrote:

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?

What is the model/feature code of the tape drive you are trying to use?
Also what system and OS just for grins...

The model is 6380. I don't know how to find the feature. The OS is V4R2. I don't know what the system is, either (not much of an AS/400 hardware guy - sorry). Is there a way to find these out?

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

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