On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 at 3:10pm, Raúl Wild-Spain wrote

> Unusual System Events
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error on write filemark.
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc sendbackup[20682]: index tee cannot write [Broken pipe]
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: 
> sense key Medium Error
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive write 
> errors
> Jun 24 03:06:06 xaloc kernel: st0: Error on write filemark.

Bad tape, or dirty tape drive.  From my (limited) experience with DDS2 
drives, they need *frequent* cleanings.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University