Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:38:39 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot mt retension (seagate python) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001261637560.62527-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <388F930D.33757719@partitur.se>
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> > > relationship between jamming and head cleaning. > > > > If enough gunk builds up on the heads, the tape lifts off slightly and starts > > a roll which can get reverse wrapped around a capstan roller. > > > Actually, what has happened is that the end of the tape has twisted 90 > deg. and lies "on top of the casserole" close to the tape rotation axis. > (Hey, my English isn't native, please *try* to understand ;-) > > It is more likely that it has been rewinded too fast than that it has > gotten stuck in the capstan or around the tape heads. Possibly, or there's junk on the capstan that causes the tape to slip sideways and rotate like you say. In either case, badness. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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