here is what was in the log file: Dec 10 09:34:04 molbio kernel: st0: Current: sense key: Medium Error Dec 10 09:34:04 molbio kernel: Additional sense: Recorded entity not found Dec 10 09:34:04 molbio kernel: Info fld=0x1
i've marked it as used, and will see what happens. if it errors out again i will replace it. thanks again! -- michael On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 10:20:38PM +0100, Arno Lehmann wrote: > > A look in the system log - you've got the date and time, so you should > find the time range easily - might tell you more. It could be a > one-time hardware problem you'll never encounter again, it could be a > tape where the final EOF wasn't written for whatever reason, or it's > really an unusable tape. > > Personally, I'd mark the volume as used and take a not to observe this > tape. If, during normal operations, more errors happen, remove it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users