If these tapes come from a DLT8000 drive and you are trying to use them in a 
DLT7000 drive then Networker will not be able to. I did manage to do this some 
years ago with a standalone DLT drive and some demo Unix software. Can't 
remember the details now I'm afraid...

Steve

>>> dewey AT KU DOT EDU 07/03/2006 19:53:07 >>>
jortiz AT houston.rr DOT com wrote:
> Rob,

> The error appears to be a hardware one.  You don't mention your media 
> type but it may be that there is something physically wrong with the 
> tape or the drive,  It may also be that the media is the incorrect type 
> for that particular drive.  Check the tape to make sure that there is 
> nothing physically wrong with the casing.  Can you inventory your 
> existing tapes in the library without errors?  Can you label a new, 
> unformatted tape in that drive?

These are DLTIV tapes from the same manufacturer as the rest of the 
tapes I am using.  They were working fine in another drive, so I don't 
think there's a problem with the tape, and I have tried multiple tapes.

new tapes work fine.

I'll retry those commands.

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