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Date:      Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:33:37 -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.4.10.10001261432400.62527-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000127083312.Y44457@freebie.lemis.com>

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> > 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, but
this is one of the reasons that a lot of people don't like DAT.




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