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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:23:10 -0600
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
To:        Robert Small <rsmall@pwahec.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: SCSI DAT tape question
Message-ID:  <20000711142310.A38206@panzer.kdm.org>
In-Reply-To: <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPKEMODEAA.rsmall@pwahec.org>; from rsmall@pwahec.org on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 02:50:08PM -0500
References:  <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPKEMODEAA.rsmall@pwahec.org>

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On Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 14:50:08 -0500, Robert Small wrote:
> I'm running an adaptec controller (1542CF) with a Sony SDT-5000.  I'm
> running:
> 
> reeBSD (5.0-20000511-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-20000511-CURRENT #4: Thu Jul 6
> 20:31:41 CDT 2000)
> 
> When I issue the command "camcontrol eject sa0" I receive:
> 
> Error received from stop unit command
> 
> When I issue the command "camcontrol stop sa0" I receive"
> 
> Error received from stop unit command
> 
> I can boot the system into Windows or System Commander and eject the
> tape using the eject button.
> 
> Any ideas?

Well, why not use 'mt rewoffl'?  That's the normal way to eject a tape.

If you want to know why camcontrol can't eject the tape, use the -v switch
to enable verbose error messages.  i.e.:

camcontrol eject sa0 -v

Ken
-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@kdm.org


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