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Re: showdev behaviour oddity
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John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 5 Jul 2003 14:26:49 -0700
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> :showdev 7
>  LDEV     AVAIL         OWNERSHIP         VOLID         DEN
> ASSOCIATION
>
>     7     AVAIL    (W)                    (Nolabel)     1600
> :
>
> The problem is that there actually is no tape in the drive.
> I physically popped it out
> myself.  What is going on here?  How can I test for the
> presence of a mounted tape
> with write enabled if the system reports tapes when none are present?
>

Unfortunately, this is the way it works.

If you unload the tape by pressing the unload button, MPE/iX does not sense
the change in status.

If you actually read from or write to the tape first then all is OK.

John

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