On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 07:14:50PM -0700, Ping Wing wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> my hardware:
> 
> scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
>         <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>
>         aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
> 
> (scsi1:A:1): 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
>   Vendor: SONY      Model: TSL-11000         Rev: L0u6
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                  ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>   Vendor: SONY      Model: TSL-11000         Rev: L0u6
>   Type:   Medium Changer                     ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> tapes are Sony DDS4 Premium DGD150P
> 
> in amanda.conf 
> define tapetype Sony-GDG150P {
>         # http://amanda.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/fom?_recurse=1&file=46
>         comment "Sony DDS4 Premium DGD150P Tape"
>         length 16513 mbytes
>         filemark 0 kbytes
>         speed 2213 kps
> }
> 
> 
> 
> Weird error is:
> 'Error with sense data: Info fld=0x40, Current st0: sense key Medium Error'
> 
> what could cause this?


Coming from what source?  mt, mtx, amtape, amdump, ???


With my DDS3 tape I frequently get something like that when
I run "mt status" immediately after a rewind or tape change.
Then a second one gives an OK status.

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