I have the exact same changer and drive, and Jon is 100% right. When you do
a magazine change, if the cleaning light is flashing, clean the drive.
Otherwise keep the cleaning tape separate. (Why can't more drives have
lights like that?) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon LaBadie [mailto:jon AT jgcomp DOT com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 11:37 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Exabyte 10h Library Problem
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 08:22:54PM -0600, Broderick Wood wrote:
> > I have an OLDER Exabyte 10h Library with a Exabyte 8505 drive in it.
> > 
> > The system works fine using the following:
> > tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx"  # the tape-changer glue script
> > tapedev "/dev/nst0"     # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> > 
> > Except that when it hits slot 10 (the cleaning tape, as specified in
> > changer.conf)
> > firstslot=1             #### 1st tape slot
> > lastslot=9             #### Last tape slot
> > cleanslot=10             #### Slot with cleaner tape
> > 
> > It locks up when the cleaning tape self-ejects.  I have to 
> issue an "mtx
> > unload" and then "mtx load 1" to get it back to the first tape.
> > 
> > Anyone have any ideas what's wrong here?
> 
> 
> Just one, cleaning tapes mixed in with regular tapes are evil.
> 
> I can't even keep a magazine loaded with a cleaning tape in 
> my changer.
> When it puts it in, the magazine is scanned.  As it hits the cleaning
> tape it runs the tape and ejects the magazine.
> 
> Use all 10 slots for regular tapes and clean manually.
> 
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