On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Oscar Olsson wrote:

OO> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Tim Mooney wrote:
OO> TM> Assuming that the mode that's defined in /etc/stinit.def
OO> TM> applies to the device file you're using, running stinit should be
OO> TM> accomplishing that for you.
OO> Alright. I admit its late and I've been playing around with this new 
OO> storage node for 12+ hours now, where of 6 have been used for 
OO> troubleshooting this particular problem. But it seems to be working now! 
OO> It noticed by coincidence that some drives were now accepting tapes by 
OO> default after a reboot! For some reson, the "mt -f device setblk 0" was 
OO> presistent across reboots. I could be dreaming, or whatever, but it seems 
OO> to work.. If someone feels like it, tell me how its possible. :)

I was too hasty. One of the drives started failing again.

Sorry for all the spam today, but I feel we have learned more, although 
not enough. Time for bed.

//Oscar

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