Dave,
Have you tried TAPECHK form Allegro?
http://www.allegro.com/software/hp3000/allegro.html
It will test tapes and drives.
From the .txt file:
"TAPECHK is copyright (C) 1986,2002 by Allegro Consultants, Inc.
TAPECHK version 20050822, by Stan Sieler ([log in to unmask]).
TAPECHK is a program that tests tapes (or, depending on your
viewpoint, tape drives).
We wrote it one day when we were having hardware problems with a
new tape drive...the ONLY program that ran on it without an
error was the contributed TAPETEST program...everything else
failed (e.g.: FCOPY, STORE). Since we did not have access to
the source for TAPETEST, we make no claims that TAPECHK does a
complete superset of the tests done by TAPETEST, but we have
found it to be effective in checking tapes and tape drives.
<snip>".
It might give you the answer you need.
Tom.
On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:49:40 -0800, Dave Powell, MMfab
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>HP is bringing a drive. Unless you hear more howls of anguish tomorrow,
>figure all is well.
>
>(but I'd still like to find a non-hangey way to detect a dead drive --
>anybody know one?)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gilles Schipper" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 16:34
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] tape problems
>
>
>> Sounds like the drive needs replacement.
>>
>> A reboot is unlikely to help, but may be worth a try - bringing the 3k
>> down, then powering off tape drive, then powering on tape drive, then
>> starting up 3k.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> At 06:46 PM 2010-01-07, Dave Powell, MMfab wrote:
>>>It's a DDS3, and fwiw, its big enough and fast enough for our small
>>>system (full backup every night with time and space to spare)
>>>
>>>No reboots or other changes here between the last time it worked and the
>>>first time we saw a problem.
>>>
>>>Just tried powering off the drive for a few seconds -- didn't help. When
>>>I inserted a tape after that, it was the first time I've heard tape-moving
>>>sounds since this started, and it sounded a bit louder than usual.
>>>
>>>I'll try to restart the system tonight. I don't need to power it off too,
>>>do I ? Just off the tape drive, restart the 3000, re-power the tape, or
>>>some such ?
>>>
>>>But I'm calling HP too, to ask for a replacement.
>>>
>>>
>>>Since my first post I've found some other devinfo calls that hang now,
>>>like devinfo (7, "TapeTrackError") and devinfo (7, "IntTapeError").
>>>All these worked in the past (we run them every day). I'm trying to find
>>>one that gives an error without hanging, but no luck so far.
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilles Schipper" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: "Dave Powell, MMfab" <[log in to unmask]>; <HP3000-
[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 15:23
>>>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] tape problems
>>>
>>
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