Just to clarify--that's an internal IDE _tape_ drive!
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Sean Carmody
> Sent: Monday, 30 April 2001 4:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Tape Drive Reset
>
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> I do regular backups to tape on an internal IDE drive using
> taper (vers 6.9b). Although it usually behaves OK, every
> now and then it spits the dummy. Unfortunately when this
> happens, the tape drive decides it's busy (any attempts
> to access it with mt, for example, respond with "Device
> or resource busy") and taper does into an uninterruptable
> sleep (presumably because the tape drive is no longer
> responding). Rebooting cures everything, but is pretty
> brutal. Does anyone know how to reset the tape drive without
> rebooting?
>
> Regards,
> Sean.
>
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