On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 05:00:43PM +1200, Duncan McEwan wrote:
> The "Check Conditions" I get are not always the same.  Here are a couple of
> variations.
> 
> st0(ahc0:0:6:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x0a 00 01 00 00 00
>     SENSE KEY:  Media Error
>    INFO FIELD:  65208320
>  COMMAND INFO:  36014 (0x8cae)
>      ASC/ASCQ:  Write Error
> 
> and
> 
> st0(ahc0:0:6:0):  Check Condition on CDB: 0x10 00 00 00 02 00
>     SENSE KEY:  Media Error
>  COMMAND INFO:  40243 (0x9d33)
>      ASC/ASCQ:  Write Error

The drive reported that it couldn't write to the tape, because of media error.
Maybe the tape has a problem, so I would first try another tape. 

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