From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jan 25 18:25:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C00E14D9B for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA10439; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:25:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200001260225.VAA10439@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Palle Girgensohn Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Greg Lehey From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python) References: <388DD60D.B33EAF26@partitur.se> <20000126095555.C43103@freebie.lemis.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:55:55 +1030." <20000126095555.C43103@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:25:31 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > [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