On Wednesday 03 April 2002 06:19 am, Uncle George wrote: >It seems like when the whole procedure ( whether its labeling > tape(s), amchecking tape, or amdumping ) is complete, the tape > is left in the tape drive in an on-line state. >Is there some reason why the tape is not at least > rewind-offlined, or for tape changer folks rewoffl/unload'ed > back to the carousel slot when the job/task is finished? > >Just my 2 cents
I'd druther it didn't. By leaving the tape online, the display on the front of the changer tells me what slot is loaded. If its the last slot, and its after the runtime for amdump, then I know to change tapes. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 98.7+% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a hillbilly
