[nmglug] seagate stt3401a tape errors

[kkarns_at_linuxmail. org]

Jason asked:
> mt -f /dev/st0 status
> 
> returns:
> 
> st0: Error with sense data: Current st09:00: sns = 70 5
> ASC=20 ASCQ= 0
> Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x05.......
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number....
> 
> Anyone know what might cause this?

I've worked on a couple of other tape drives and haven't seen the "Error with sense data" before.

I can't quite decipher/translate "mode sense information" on page 61 of:

    http://www.certance.com/download/productmanuals/prod_man_sttx401a_en.pdf

Not that it's necessarily related, but was a cleaning tape ever used?

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