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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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] 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 -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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