Emulex QT14 and Fujitsu M2442: Problems writing two or more files on one tape

From: Hans Hübner <hans_at_Huebner.ORG>
Date: Mon May 7 18:19:12 2001

Hi there,

I recently acquired a DEC TSV05 QBUS Pertec controller and a Fujitsu 9-Track
tape drive. My TSV05 actually is a relabeled Emulex QT14 with a different
prom on it - The DEC version only talks TSV05 emulation whereas the QT14 also
speaks TMSCP. I've put the controller into my VAX 4000/500A which runs VMS
7.2

The Drive/Controller combo works fine for reading tapes. Writing works as
well, but only the first file can be written. Upon trying to write the second
file, the drive starts to spin the tape back and forth and then stops, giving
the following error message:

%COPY-E-WRITEERR, error writing MSA0:[]VMS072.B;1
-RMS-F-WBE, error on write behind
-SYSTEM-F-DRVERR, fatal drive error
%COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, DUA4:[000,000]VMS072.B;1 not completely copied

To me this looks as if the drive has problems writing file marks, or I am
doing something wrong. As I do not have any documentation on the drive, I'm
asking here: Does anyone know the problem and has a solution for it? Do I
need to configure the drive or the controller differently? Are there any VMS
paramters I need to modify to get the thing to write multiple files on one
tape?

Thanks in advance,
Hans

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