it's a Quantum Scalar PX502. I'm not sure what brand the drives itself
are.  I kind of assumed the L1...L4 was there for humans only as my
other Quantum LTO2 drive accepts LTO-2 tapes with L1 labels just fine
(and uses them as LTO-2 tapes)

Nico


On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 17:15 +0200, denis.mail.list AT free DOT fr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> if your barcode is a code 39, you should see that the tape numbers always end 
> with L2, L3 or L4, thus specifying the type of tape.
> 
> What king of jukebox are you using ?
> 
> Denis
> 
> ----- "Nico De Ranter" <nico AT SONYCOM DOT COM> a écrit :
> 
> > 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
> > 
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