On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 11:00, Lenderman, Mark E WRAMC WASH DC wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here are some of the errors I got just before the device was rendered
> useless to me...
>
> moving: fsr 15893: I/O error
> media emergency: could not position A000253 to file 86 record 15895
> Media notice: volume A000253 on device /dev/rmt/1n1n1n : cannot decode block
>  verify the device configuratin: Tape positioning by record is disabled.
> Verification of volume A000253 volid 76394809434 failed
> cannot read record 15895 of file 86

I've seen the tape positioning errors on Linux when I didn't have a
proper stinit.conf setup. The other errors also suggest that it's having
trouble reading back the format of the tape.

Has your environment changed?

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Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com>
Linux Technology Center System Admin

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