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Re: [PLUG] SCSI 8mm tape/drive question...
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this could be nothing but on my 4mm dds tape,
blinking lights = asking for cleaning tape.
otherwise it might be terminators.
epike
On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 15:19 -0400, George Gallen wrote:
> Not sure if this is a tape drive problem or not.
>
> I have a Dell laptop running SLAX (very recent, unsure version#) live-cd,
> PCMCIA SCSI adapter -> Exabyte 8505 8mm tape drive (external of course)
>
> On powerup, the adapter is seen by SLAX, and the drive lights blink...
> After I login as root, the 8505 is listed under /proc/scsi
>
> If I try to put in a tape it immediately spits it back out,
>
> any attempt to read from /dev/st0 gives an i/o error,
> If I try /dev/st1 it gives a device not found error.
>
> Is there something I need to do to reset the drive? or a module
> I need to load? This drive was an internal drive in a working machine,
> I just moved it to an external enclosure, so it 'should' still work.
>
> George
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