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[Veritas-bu] Stuck SDLT tapes

2002-04-30 16:43:06
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Stuck SDLT tapes
From: ron AT linux DOT ca (Ron Lyman)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:43:06 -0400 (EDT)
OK, I'm a little nervous now.  Hopefully I will be getting a standalone 
SDLT drive within a few weeks.  Are media really all from one source?  Is 
there anything I can to to tell if the media will be problematic or not?  
Is there a web site that details the 9-volt battery fix?  I'd like to know 
what to do before it happens.

Thanks,
Ron.

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Robert Johannes wrote:

> Right now there's just one tape brand manufacturer, and I understand it
> is maxell, then quantum takes them and puts their name on the tape.
> 
> I have also seen alot of stuck tapes, but only a few that actually
> required the techs to open the drive and use a 9 volt battery to eject
> the tape.  Often our stuck tapes are solved by turning power off to the
> drive, and then back on, in which case the drive becomes responsive when
> the unload button is pressed.  We seem to be experiencing a high rate of
> bad media with superDlt.
> 
> robert


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