On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Matt Morgan wrote: > 1) The "use cleaning tape" light was on. I plugged in a cleaning tape, > and the light went out; but then when I plugged i na real tape, the > drive pretty quickly turned the "use cleaning light" back on again. > This has happened a few times--the cleaning tape seems to work, but > then as soon as I put in a real tape, the drive wants cleaning again. > Dec 19 18:36:35 matt kernel: <<vendor>> ASC=0x80 ASCQ=0x1ASC=0x80 ASCQ=0x1 > Dec 19 18:36:35 matt kernel: Info fld=0x1 > Dec 19 18:36:46 matt kernel: st0: Error with sense data: <6>st0: >From the DLT7000 tape drive product manual, PN 81-60000-03 ASC x80 = Calibration failure ASCQ x1 = cleaning required Wow, that was a letdown. Bad tape and/or crusty head. Sometimes taking the drive apart and cleaning the head manually with isopropyl alcohol helps.
