Re:
>> you need to wait for the tape to be online.
>> DEVCTRL.MPEXL.TELESUP 7;load=online
Our free "ONLINE" utility, at http://www.allegro.com/?page_id=77#ONLINE
may be of some use.
It will request a tape drive to go online, and wait until it's ready (or until
a timeout of about 2 minutes ... some DLT drives don't properly signal that they're
online, unfortunately).
Stan
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