> I always assumed the barcode labels on LTO tapes could contain any
> sequence of letters and digits. However I recently upgraded our LTO-1
> setup to LTO-4. When I replaced catridges today I ran out of LTO-4
> labels (that came with the new device) so I took one of the old labels
> (ending in -L1) and put that on the LTO-4 tape. Now Networker is
> refusing to label the tape claiming it's an "incompatible medium".
> 
> Is this indeed due to the label or is this a coincidence and do I happen
> to have a broken tape? I need to be sure as I'm about to order extra
> tapes. If I can't keep on using my supply of ...-L1 labels I may want to
> order prelabeled tapes in stead
> 
> (In the past I have used ..-L1 labels on LTO-2 tapes without any
> problems.)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Nico



This is related to the labels.  I had the same issue with LTO2 labels on LTO3 
tapes.  Not sure why it is NOW an issue.  Possibly they changed the code going 
forward from LTO2 to recognize the label coding.

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