Re: SCSI tape driver suddenly malfunction

Richard Fish (rjf@estinc.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:20:34 -0700

The st driver is working flawlessly in this case. You have hardware
(drive or media) problems.

> Jan 14 02:37:34 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
> not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> Jan 14 02:37:34 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive
> write errors
> Jan 14 02:37:34 localhost kernel: st0: Error with sense data: extra data
> not valid Current error st09:00: sense key Medium Error
> Jan 14 02:37:34 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Excessive
> write errors
> Jan 14 02:37:34 localhost kernel: st0: Error on write filemark.

Your options are (in order of increasing cost):

- clean the drive
- buy new (high-quality) tapes
- replace the drive

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Richard Fish                      Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc.
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rjf@estinc.com                    Phoenix, AZ  85040 
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