> > > > while mt eew was executed before dump
> > >
> > > Did you do a "mt eew" or "mt eew 1"?
> >
> > mt eew
>
> That means you turned off the early EOM warning. So no surprise that you
> got the error message then.
>
> As for getting the system unstuck, I have no good suggestions. :-/
> Perheps do a reset of the scsi bus? (Or was this actually an atapi tape?)
kafter seeing the tape drive it's drive problem - it reports no tape.
reinserting tape fixes problem