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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!xlink.net!newshost.uni-koblenz.de!infko.uni-koblenz.de!newshost.koblenz.fh-rpl.de!newshost.koblenz.fh-rpl.de!not-for-mail From: marenda@newshost.koblenz.fh-rpl.de (Juergen Marenda) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-1.0] Streamer LED burns after 1st access!! Date: 2 Dec 1993 11:11:59 +0100 Organization: Fachhochschule Rheinland-Pfalz Abteilung Koblenz Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2dkf1f$srn@fserver.koblenz.fh-rpl.de> References: <CHD9En.Dnt@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: fserver.koblenz.fh-rpl.de In article <CHD9En.Dnt@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> uphya001@odie.uni-bielefeld.de (Lars Koeller ) writes: >My Wangtek 5525ES SCSI tape drive is running very well. The only problem >occured is the fact that the access LED on the tape is burning after the >first open of the device, and only swiches off after the 'mt off' command. >The device I use is /dev/rst0! I think this is perfectly normal behaviour. Some drives are locking the front door while the LED is on, others will not allow an open after mt off and not changing the tape >All this doesn't matter anything, but when the LED is burning after some >time a kernel 'device st0 timed out error' occured and sometimes the device >don't return any more after accessing again. > >Is there anybody with the same problems? My very old tandberg does not show this problem. Juergen. -- Juergen Marenda - Fachhochschule - D-56075 Koblenz Hier koennte email: marenda@koblenz.fh-rpl.de Ihre Anzeige or: C=de;A=d400;P=fh-rpl;OU=koblenz;OU=sun;S=marenda stehen !