dead DLT drive? (I/O erors, sense data errors, "write filemark" error)

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Tue Dec 20 14:48:43 UTC 2005


On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Matt Morgan wrote:

> 1) The "use cleaning tape" light was on. I plugged in a cleaning tape,
> and the light went out; but then when I plugged i na real tape, the
> drive pretty quickly turned the "use cleaning light" back on again.
> This has happened a few times--the cleaning tape seems to work, but
> then as soon as I put in a real tape, the drive wants cleaning again.

> Dec 19 18:36:35 matt kernel:     <<vendor>> ASC=0x80 ASCQ=0x1ASC=0x80 ASCQ=0x1
> Dec 19 18:36:35 matt kernel: Info fld=0x1
> Dec 19 18:36:46 matt kernel: st0: Error with sense data: <6>st0:

>From the DLT7000 tape drive product manual, PN 81-60000-03

ASC x80 = Calibration failure
ASCQ x1 = cleaning required

Wow, that was a letdown.

Bad tape and/or crusty head.  Sometimes taking the drive apart and
cleaning the head manually with isopropyl alcohol helps.






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