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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Help with tape cardrige in 3B2/400
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Date: 5 Jul 90 19:55:59 GMT
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I having problems with the tape drive in a 3B2/400, actually the drive
in unusable.

Typical symptoms:

	Formatting a tape gives the message
	
	ctcfmt: format failed for /dev/rsA/ctape1 errno=5

        
	Getting info on a supposedly OK backup tape gives me

	ctcinfo: cannot open /dev/rsA/ctape1 error=215


I am running SysV 3.0, and already tried reinstalling the Cartrige Tape
Utilities.

Can any kind soul give me a hint if this hardware or software related?
Is there an easy fix I could try ?

Thank for you help,

		Geraldo Veiga