Hmm.
Any hints at all?
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:07:52PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> Oops, forgot to send this to the list.
>
> On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 02:32:30PM +0100, Harald Koenig wrote:
>
> > this write error can also happen when your EXABYTE is not using variable blocks
> > (block size 0) and you are (cat is) trying to write blocks which are not
> > integer multiples of the tape block size.
> > check the output of `mt stat' or similar, maybe someone changed the setting
> > of your drive ?!
>
> Interesting:
>
> drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
> drive status = 1024
> sense key error = 0
> residue count = 0
> file number = -1
> block number = -1
> Tape block size 1024 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (1010000):
> ONLINE IM_REP_EN
>
> I tried mt setblk 0. That fixed the problem. But:
>
> 1. Why do I need to do this now when I didn't have to do so before?
>
> 2. What exactly does this control?
>
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