>amtape: scanning all 7 slots in tape-changer rack:
>slot 0: reading label: Input/output error
>amtape: could not load slot 1: slot 1 move failed
Here's what I can deduce from the log (bless you for sending it :-):
* It was able to properly decode all the device specs -- number of
drives (1), number of storage slots (8), etc.
* When it started, there was a tape in the drive (slot 1) and
storage slot 2 was empty, all the other storage slots were full.
* It tried to unload the drive but got an illegal request. This
might be normal.
* It was able to move the tape in the drive to storage slot 2.
* It started the sequence of moving the tape in storage slot 3 to
the drive.
* That operation did not report an error.
* It asked for the medium transport status and got back an
indication it was not full (which would be correct).
* It asked for the status of all the storage slots, but the device
returned an error (which has some minor logging problems):
Sense key: 04 (hardware error)
ASC: 45
ASCQ: 00
None of the books I have say what this means (it can be somewhat device
dependent, so that's not too surprising), so you'll have to find some
documentation about this beast to decode it. I tried to hunt it down
at sony.com, but gave up.
>"Jonathan F. Dill"
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
