[ale] ide tape error

[James Patrick]

I get a ide-tape Rewinding tape failed
ide-tape: I/O error, pc=34 key =4 asc=f0 ascq=36


-----Original Message-----
 From: Alan Bowman <aminus at mindspring.com>
To: James Patrick <jpatrick at sat.sita.int>
Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] ide tape error


>
>> I have a IDE TR-4 tape drive.  All of a sudden I am now getting I/O
errors.
>> Doesn't anyone have any ideas how to troubleshoot this?
>>
>> Your help is appreciated.
>
> James,
>  Are you getting any tar errors?  Is the tape locking up on just one
>file, and is it the same file everytime?  For better or worse, I have to
>troubleshoot tape drive problems every day, so I might be able to help.
>No promises, but give me the complete error message(s) and I'll see if
>it's something I've seen before.
>
> ...alan