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Old 10-29-2004
Data check a DLT connexion?

HI,

I'm using a solaris 6.

I have allready changed the drive once, everything is ok unitl I mount a tape IN, after that I can't do nothing... the mt command give me every time the same result "device bussy..."

I lost the DLT control, how can I check what is wrong?
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Old 11-05-2004
What is the device that you are using? Is there a cdrom on this system? Is this tape drive part of a library/jukebox? Also, post the output of the following commands:

uname -a

mt -f /dev/rmt/xx status
where xx is the number of the tape drive and n for no rewind
ie. mt -f /dev/rmt/5n status
 
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