All,

      Something very strange has happened to my storage node...
First of all, the node is a 126-slot Qualstar with 3 AIT-4 drives.
For a number of months, this unit has worked well.   It's attached
to an HP server running Fedora core 1.   I know this isn't officially
supported, but has always worked flawlessly on both the server
and this storage node.

         Something suddenly changed.   First, I had some really
weird robot-amr failures, including one instance where a tape
was sitting ejected from one of the drives and there was a tape
in the gripper arm waiting to be inserted.   I haven't seen that in
all of the 7 years I've been using Networker.   On at least
one occasion, I've attempted to move a tape with the library
front panel and received a message that the source was empty
(ejected tape) when it clearly was not.   And suddenly, the tapes
are being marked full with about 80 GB (these are AIT-4) with
no error messages showing up.  I'm using an Adaptec 39320A

cables around -- no change -- just erratic behavior, and occasional time
when the robot arm doesn't move on program command (it always moves by
front panel)

change.   Any ideas of what's going on?   Does this kind of erratic
scenario seem familiar to anyone?

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