Well the tape drive worked fine for the first three months we had it. The
drive has been sent back to the supplier and tested. They say it is okay.
So how do I debug what you are suggesting.
Eric Youngdale [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> >Can a dirty drive cause the machine to lockup. Or will it only cause
> >corrupted reads and write to the tape device. we forgot all about the head
> >cleaning tape that came with the drive.
>
> More to the point, is the reason for the lockup that the SCSI error
> handling is going wonky and hosing the system or is the problem that the
> device isn't releasing the bus when it should be.
>
> -Eric
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Sony SDT-9000
>
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