>... So what would be the reason, because sometimes I don't
>have any problems? Are the tapes crap? I wonder about it,
>because for that money you should get good tapes and not a
>failure rate of 33%. Thanks in advance. BTW, these are OnStream
>ADR50 tapes...
This is almost certainly a hardware or kernel driver problem, and it could
be either one. I'd start checking all the usual hardware suspects: SCSI
termination (if that applies), cables, boards seated properly, jumpers or
switch settings, conflicts with other devices on the same bus, and so on.
Then I'd start calling both the OS and hardware vendor for support.
You might also try writing something to the tape before trying to run
amlabel on it. It could be an issue with a completely blank tape and
amlabel trying to read it to make sure it's not already labeled.
Just do "mt -f /dev/whatever rewind && mt -f /dev/whatever eof 10"
or the like before running amlabel.
Make **sure** you only do this on a tape you are planning on clobbering
because it will destroy any data on it.
>Olaf
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
