Well, I figured out that problem (mount mua0: /foreign /blocksize=10240),
but after cleaning the drive, just about every tape I try give me a parity
error within 50k or so of the beginning of the tape. Is there a
recommended way to clean the tape drive? I just stuck some alcohol on a
cotton swap and brushed that along the drive head a few times...
-- Pat
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
> After cleaning, same problem. Now, when I try to copy data off the tape
> using "COPY MUA0 NEWS.TAR", VMS gives me these errors:
>
> %COPY-E-READERR, error reading _MUA0:[].;
> -RMS-F-RER, file read error
> -SYSTEM-W-DATAOVER, data overrun
> %COPY-W-NOTCMPLT, _MUA0:[].; not completely copied
>
> when I use dump, like "DUMP MUA0 /OUT=NEWS.DMP", it works just perfectly
> fine, which leads me to believe it might be a VMS problem. Prior to now,
> I was able to copy straight from the foreign mounted volume OK, but now
> it's not working at all, even after I power-cycled the drive and the vax.
>
> Help?
>
> -- Pat
>
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:
>
> > Pat Finnegan wrote:
> >
> > > I've finally got my StorageTek 2920 9-track drive talking to my Emulex
> > > QT13 QBUS->PERTEC adaptor under VMS... It *appears* to read the tapes OK
> > > (I have no VMS formatted tapes, so I'm just guessing here), but when I try
> > > and INITIALIZE MUA0:, the drive spins the tape for a second and then gives
> > > me a "CC7" on its display and "Mach Chk" flashes. VMS calls it a 'parity
> > > error'. Anyone know what is going on with this thing?
> >
> >
> > How about cleaning? Does this have a full self test program?
> > When I first took my TU81PLUS in operation I had to make 3
> > runs of good scrubbing with alcohol before it would want to
> > write a tape successfully. Also, it didn't work with every
> > tape.
> >
> > regards
> > -Gunther
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
> > Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
> > Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
> > tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
> >
> >
>
Received on Sun Feb 17 2002 - 11:46:23 GMT