If you're seeing these errors outside the purview of Legato (i.e.
something like tar), and you're pretty sure there's nothing weird going
on with the SCSI bus (i.e. you're not seeing anything odd in the system
log file) then I'd say the media could be suspect.

George

Steven Frost wrote:
>
> Thanks - Out of the 10 or so I haven't sent away yet, 1 is a Quantum species, 
> rest are HP/Compaq brand. Probably same factory?
> Further to my original post, I have tried running tar or vdump ( Tru64 unix 
> system backup ) over a tape that
> Legato has rejected , and on a different drive, with the same result. I will 
> send these tapes away to be replaced by
> the supplier/manufacturer (hopefully).
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