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Re: [SLE] mt -erase hang
- From: Alexandr Malusek <Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 23 Jun 2001 23:48:15 +0200
- Message-id: <86u21650m8.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Iain Gray" <iain.gray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Whenever I use most mt commands, i get no problem at all, and I can tar a
> file to the tape with no problem and retrieve it, but whenever I try to
> erase the tape with mt -erase, the tape drive light flashes, and then the
> command just hangs there, doing nothing.
The "erase" operation usually takes very long time (at least couple of
hours for the Tandberg SLR 100 tape drive). I would feel a bit worried
if it took more than 6 hours, otherwise I would just wait if the light
kept flashing.
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Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx
> Whenever I use most mt commands, i get no problem at all, and I can tar a
> file to the tape with no problem and retrieve it, but whenever I try to
> erase the tape with mt -erase, the tape drive light flashes, and then the
> command just hangs there, doing nothing.
The "erase" operation usually takes very long time (at least couple of
hours for the Tandberg SLR 100 tape drive). I would feel a bit worried
if it took more than 6 hours, otherwise I would just wait if the light
kept flashing.
--
Alexandr.Malusek@xxxxxxxxxx
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