> 
> Hi,
> I've been meaning to ask this one for awhile.  When I do dumps to my TK50 
> under 1.1A, I get frequent errors from the kernel on the console.
> 
> The errors are like:
> Apr  8 13:04:58 alcatraz /netbsd: tape transfer error, unit 0, grp 0x100, 
> event 0150
> 
> The errors are almost always like the one above, but sometimes says 'grp 
> 0x200'  instead of 'grp 0x100'.
> 
This usually means that the tape is bad, I think (read errors). I have got
the same when using bad tapes or a dirty TK50. Try to clean your TK50 drive,
it may help.

-- Ragge