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From: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Possible bug in SCO tape driver
Keywords: sco bug tape
Message-ID: <251@estinc.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 89 17:30:25 GMT
References: <250@estinc.UUCP>
Reply-To: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc.
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In article <250@estinc.UUCP> fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish) writes:
> *	...............  When the device is closed, the driver hangs
> *	(the drive light stays on and the system call never returns) until
> *	the tape is removed.  The tape drive remains unusable until the
> *	system is rebooted.  .......

Further investigation indicates that what I wrote here isn't totally
true.  The tape can be returned to service with the command "tape reset".

-Fred
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