Jozef Hitzinger wrote:
> Hi, we've got a Sony SDT-9000 DDS-3 drive here, and as we tested it under
> debian linux (hi-end sw: amanda backup) it soon started to chew the tapes.
>
> It's enough to put the tape in, read something from it (e.g. 'amcheck
> DailySet', which just reads the label) and then, when everything's done
> and stopped, press eject or do 'mt eject' - the tape is still stuck inside
> when the cassette is ejected (80% chance).
>
> While we asked for repair, I'd like to know if you encoutered anything
> similar; and if there could be something wrong with linux drivers,
> are we doing something wrong, or it's solely the drive's fault.
>
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Jozef,
Sounds like a dirty mechanism, try cleaning the device, Exabyte
actually recomends the following strategy:
"run a cleaning tape though the drive 3 times in a row". Beyond that its time to
brake out the cleaning solution and VERY long qtips, although removal of the
case allows the use of regular cotton swaps. The afformentioned manual cleaning
is only needed if the tape case is hanging in the device, if the tape itself is
sticking off the reels inside it onto the actual tape head mechanism etc etc
then the cleaning tape should repair your issue
Ned Williams
IMS Health- Strategic Technologies
