Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!wuarchive!decwrl!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!DrBob From: DrBob@cup.portal.com (Robert A Rethemeyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: SCSI Tape handler Message-ID: <34812@cup.portal.com> Date: 13 Oct 90 07:55:18 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 19 Can you provide a bit more information? The error code 45 is a generic error reported by the hd driver which means the drive responded with unit error status. To find the exact cause of the error, the handler does a SENSE. That should have been reported on the same line with the error code 45. What were the sense codes?? Next, when did the error occur? Tapemon prints what it is doing for each tape operation. Was it "Writing block xxx" or "Capacity"? Other people are reporting problems with the capacity determination because apparently not many drives support the READ_CAPACITY command, and will reject it with "illegal command" sense status. It's not clear if that will prevent you from using the drive, though. Does the tape move at all? Send email if you would like to discuss this in a more timely fashion. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bob Rethemeyer //"This is obviously some strange DrBob@cup.portal.com -or- // usage of the word 'safe' that I hadn't ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!DrBob // previously been aware of." - A. Dent