In message <26913.877372740@planix.com>, Andreas wrote:

-> I get the following scsi check condition on every first access to the tape 
-> after a tape change:

[...not ready error...]

-> In other words, the sequence 
-> 
-> $ mt offl
->     <insert new tape and wait for drive to become ready>
-> $ mt status
-> mt: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error

Interesting.  I have an Exabyte 8505 and see the same errors, and in fact
have just managed to get "mt status" wedged in the D+ state, un-killable even
by 'kill -9' (the last thing I had done was an "mt erase").

My machine in a Pentium, running a kernel and mt (and dump) from yesterday,
but with the rest of userland untouched.  My Exabyte hangs off a Compaq
AIC-6x60 card.

--rafal
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Rafal Boni                                                rkboni@concentric.net