Exabyte media

[GRAHAM ELLIOTT]

mu>We have a EXA-Byte 8200 and want to use it with a SGI 4D/20.
mu>But when we try to tar some bytes we get messages like the following:

mu>Oct 22 18:05:04 mira unix: NOTICE: SCSI tape #5 Uncorrectable media
mu>error Oct 22 18:05:04 mira unix: NOTICE: SCSI tape #5 Unrecoverable
mu>error Oct 22 18:05:04 mira unix: NOTICE: SCSI tape #5 had 2215
mu>recoverable Errors

There  was  some  traffic  on  a  local newsgroup recently about media
errors with Exabyte drives.  In summary, the concensus  was  to  avoid
Sony tapes.  We use BASF almost exclusively, without any problems.

Graham.

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Graham Elliott                     aerostr at ecf.toronto.edu
Institute for Aerospace Studies    graham.elliott at canremote.UUCP
University of Toronto, Canada
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