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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:33:12 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
Cc:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python)
Message-ID:  <20000127083312.Y44457@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <388F0BEA.98364ACD@partitur.se>
References:  <388DD60D.B33EAF26@partitur.se> <20000126095555.C43103@freebie.lemis.com> <200001260225.VAA10439@whizzo.transsys.com> <388F0BEA.98364ACD@partitur.se>

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On Wednesday, 26 January 2000 at 15:59:54 +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> "Louis A. Mamakos" wrote:
>>
>> 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,
>
> DDS-2 it is. Sorry for the confusion!
>
>> then ceratinly Greg's comment applies: it doesn't do retensioning.
>
> 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.

Greg
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