On 17 Oct 2003 22:48:38 -0500 Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 21:09, Shawn wrote: > > Not sure if this is a physical problem with my DAT drive (DDS2) or > > not. But I get it with a few different tapes: > <snip> > > tar: /dev/st0: Warning: Cannot close: Input/output error > > root at ttkd:~# mt -f /dev/st0 rewind > > root at ttkd:~# tar -tvf /dev/st0 > > tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error > > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now > > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > <snip> > > > > Any ideas? Do I need to bite the bullet and replace my drive? > > I've had similar problems with dirty heads. Have you cleaned the drive > with a head cleaner lately? Perhaps you need a fresh head cleaner > cartridge. You might want to check the drives manual about cleaning > first but here are some cleaning cartridge links. > > http://www.ibuyernet.com/prod~id~122660~TDK_RCL-11.html > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh4/controller/home?O=&A=ShowProduct&Q=&sku=163766 > It's a used DAT drive with no manual. I've cleaned the heads a few times to see if I can get it to work, but each time it does the same thing. I finally got fed up with it and posted up what's going wrong. I'm afraid I'm going to have to replace it, but was hoping it was something I was doing... I think I'm going to look into a DAT40 if I can afford it. Getting enough data that I need to back up to those now. =( -- Shawn The difficult we do today; the impossible take a little longer. Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list