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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie with Adaptec 1542C and Archive Python 4330 Problem
Date: 6 Oct 1996 15:37:57 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <536gg1$ba@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> julie@foss.com (Julie Schneider) wrote:
>
>> I'm getting error messages such as the following when I use tar or
>> dump:
>>
>> st0(aha0:1:0): Hardware failure asc 44,0 internal failure
>
> That's a pretty explicit message. Your tape drive is dead. At least,
> it claims to be dead. (Btw., i think the correct message is
> ``Internal target failure''.)
If it's of any interest, I got a similar message from a drive that had
run out of usable re-location blocks. I low-level-formatted the drive,
and it's now fine.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....