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From: paulp@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Paul Perlmutter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Strange (??) behaviour of DAT drive
Message-ID: <5570552@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Dec 90 14:52:47 GMT
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Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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> I ... unload the tape from my workstation ... by issueing the command:

	# mt -t /dev/rmt/0m offl

The unit ejects the tape. ... However, everytime I do this,
I get this message in "/usr/adm/messages" via "dmegs -":

	SCSI: Status bytes: 70 0 2 0 0 0 0 b 0 0 0 0 3a 0 0 0 1 0 0
	SCSI (dev 0xd0500) sense key: Not_ready
	Load operation requested
	sense_code: Medium not present
	SCSI: CCL error: 1 status

This is a bug in the 7.0 DAT driver.  It can be safely ignored.

The reason?  After the tape is successfully ejected, the driver during 
the tape "close" routine will issue a reposition command to the 
non-cartridge and the request fails.   Other than the spurious error
message, no other action occurs, thus you can forget the message.