Hi Curt,

Were there any significant events right before this behavior started ?  We
had a similar problem a few years ago and replacing the drive was the
answer.  A DDS2 is the official replacement for the DDS1 1503B.  Cut our
backup time by 75%.  If you upgrade, you may need a new driver.

Frank Gribbin
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:50:09 -0600, Curt Brimacomb <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>hello all,
>
>I have an old 917 running 5.5 (not on maint).  It has been giving me
>problems loading tapes into the internal dds1 tape drive (HPC1503B).  I
have
>to go as far as rebooting the system before I can seem to get the tape to
>load and not eject.  After doing the "RS" command after the control B, it
>will seem to take the tape 1 or 2 times before it stops.
>
>My question is, is this a tape drive problem or something else?  If I
>replace the tape drive, will it fix the problem?  I hate to buy a tape
drive
>and not have it fix the problem.
>
>TIA
>
>Curt Brimacomb
>Systems Manager
>Idaho Computer Services, LLC
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