From: Mounir STAMBOULI (mounir.stambouli@LAPOSTE.NET)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 16:09:33 EST
>From the Exabyte web site:
Read/Write Compatibility
The M2 tape drive reads and writes Exabyte AME with SmartClean and
standard Exabyte AME cartridges written in Mammoth-2 format. The
tape drive can read, but not write, AME cartridges in the original
Mammoth format.
Mammoth and Mammoth-LT tape drives cannot read AME cartridges
written in Mammoth-2 format. Instead, the drives identify the tape as
formatted but blank, allowing Mammoth-2 formatted data to be
overwritten. These first-generation MammothTape technology drives
automatically eject AME with SmartClean cartridges.
The tape drive cannot write data to or read data from metal particle (MP)
tape. If you insert an MP cartridge, the tape drive immediately ejects it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cooper, Keith
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: Incompatible Tapes or drives? Exabyte vs. Maxell
Hi guru's:
Here is one I can't figure out.
I have a batch of tapes that were created on one machine that has the following configuration:
OLD DEVICE:
rmt0 00-07-00-0,0 5.0 GB 8mm Tape Drive
Manufacturer................EXABYTE
Machine Type and Model......IBM-8505
Device Specific.(Z1)........7J0A
Part Number.................8191044
Serial Number...............588694
Device Specific.(LI)........00000001
EC Level....................D48098
FRU Number..................21H5151
Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000010
When I try to read them on the new drive, I get a message in the LCD Panel
that says ILLEGAL TAPE. The new drives configuration is below.
It will read Exabyte 170m AME Tapes just fine, but the Maxell HS-8/112 tapes
Are what gives the illegal tape message!
Any ideas? What do I need to do in order to read these tapes? Thanks in advance.
NEW DEVICE:
rmt1 40-61-00-4,0 SCSI 8mm Tape Drive (60000 MB)
Manufacturer................EXABYTE
Machine Type and Model......Mammoth2
Device Specific.(Z1)........07nR
Serial Number...............20516043
Device Specific.(LI)........A1700295
Part Number.................19P0692
FRU Number..................19P0708
EC Level....................H27309
Device Specific.(Z0)........0180020283000030
Device Specific.(Z3)........
Keith Cooper
Unix Administrator
Self Regional Healthcare
Greenwood, SC USA
IBM AIX System Admin 4.3/System User, A+, Linux+,
Network+, I-Net+ Certified, Compaq APS Certified - Notebooks & Desktop/Workstations.
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