On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote:

> For the single-spindle tapes, like DLT and LTO, retensioning should
> never be needed. Thus it's only reasonable for the drive firmware to
> not accept this command.

I can think of a number of instances when retensioning is needed - 
particularly if the cartridge has been dropped and the tape pancake has 
likely slipped slightly.


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