Are you using tapes that have been written to xxx times? If so try using new tapes (dds3) tapes... -------------- Original message from Tom Hula <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- > After at least 2-3 years of faithful service, my DAT3 drive failed. > > I am in the middle of trying to work out with HP on fixing the problem. > > It gives me the following when trying to store to the a tape: > > STORE ENCOUNTERED MEDIA WRITE ERROR ON LDEV 7 (S/R 1454) > SPECIFICALLY, STORE RECEIVED ERROR -44 FROM THE IO SYSTEM (S/R 1557) > STORE IS MARKING MEDIA1 BAD ON LDEV 7 > LDEV 7 REQUIRES CLEANING, PLEASE USE CLEANING CASSETTE > > > It happened on Friday just after I had cleaned it twice. The last time this > happened, they sent in a new drive and that worked. This time, they sent > in a new drive, and it does the same thing. > > I was wondering if it was possible to switch ldev 7 to a different bay in the > 5300 enclosure, since I'm not using them anyway...or if there is a more helpful > idea. > > Here is the Ldev from sysgen: > > io> ldev 7 > LDEV: 7 DEVNAME: OUTDEV: 0 MODE: R > ID: HPC1537A RSIZE: 128 DEVTYPE: TAPE > PATH: 0/0/1/0.6.0 MPETYPE: 24 MPESUBTYPE: 7 > CLASS: TAPE > > Thanks! > > Tom Hula > Victor S. Barnes Company > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *