From: Beerse, Corné (c.beerse@torex-hiscom.nl)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 08:10:00 EST
Most responces indicate that there is no chemical reason not let children
play with it. It is just as with all tape the cutting and hanging hazard.
Since my intention is to let children tinker or potter with it (under adult
supervision) and in lenghts up to half a meter, I see no problem.
CBee
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From: "Beerse, Corné" [mailto:c.beerse@torex-hiscom.nl]
Sent: donderdag 30 januari 2003 11:04
To: 'maillist HP-UX-admin'
Subject: [HPADM] RE: Tape stuck in drive
So far so good (well, getting better) the device will be replaced by HP, the
tape itself is lost for its data storage purpose.
Since the ribbon is nice curly and such, it looks nice to have the kids (age
4, 5 and such) tinker with it. Is there any reason not to let them play with
it? Or should I regard the tape as chemical waste?
CBee
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Beerse, Corné" [mailto:c.beerse@torex-hiscom.nl]
Sent: donderdag 23 januari 2003 12:18
To: 'maillist HP-UX-admin'
Subject: [HPADM] Tape stuck in drive
Hi
I have a dlt8000 device with a tape stuck in it: All lights on the device
are flashing. After pressing the unload button, the tape appears to be
rewind (that's according to the sound of the device) but after a while
(start of tape?) the lights all go back to flashing mode. Operating the
handle seems to crach stuff so that is to be avoided. `mt offline` reports
"device busy"
The last known action on the device is last nights backup. That once crashed
near the end of the backup so it might have hit the end of the tape. This
crashed backup is a dump of a file from a remote machine. At the machine
with the tape drive, there is a `dd` process that changes the blocksize of
this file. This process is gone hence the tape shoule be free.
In the past, I've had similar problems with old hardware and both 10.20 and
11.0. This old machine had to be rebooted to be able to eject the tape. Due
to the nature of the current problem machine, this reboot is not acceptable.
What is happening with the tape device?
How can I stop it now and eject the tape?
How can I avoid it in the future?
System at hand: L-class and N-class hardware, HP-UX 11.0, DLT tape device
Previous problem machines: D-class hardware, HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0, dds tape
device
CBee
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