[3982] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: busted DAT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil's Kernel Account)
Sat May 23 12:51:43 1998
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 12:50:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Phil's Kernel Account" <kernel@eiterra.nls.net>
Reply-To: kernel@nls.net
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
cc: Linux SCSI Mailing List <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980522162500.723x-100000@tarkin.fdt.net>
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Jon Lewis wrote:
#I've got one of those "Onsale special" Archive 4586NPR 32gb DDS2
#autoloaders, and last night it decided to eat a Sony 5CL cleaning tape.
#It ejected the 4 cassette magazine, but kept the cleaning tape in the
#drive. I've followed Seagate's instructions for freeing a stuck tape and
#just can't get it out. Has anyone faced this and solved the problem
#without shipping the drive to Seagate? They want $249 to exchange it for
#a refurb...and I don't think it's worth it.
This is why I don't buy DATs from auctions. They ALWAYS fuck up. *ALWAYS*.
WITHOUT FAIL. I'd bitch like mad at Onsale, they should refund or
exchange if it's within warranty period. If they won't, or want to charge
you for it, scream at the BBB in their state. And $249 for a refurb really
isn't worth it, IMO.
Other than that, if you want, I could take a look at it. I've got a lot of
experience fixing DDS/DDS2/DLT tape drives, after all the Exabytes at work
that failed just outside of warranty. I don't make any garauntees, of
course, but I'll be happy to try. Drop me an email privately if you want
to discuss it further. :)
-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net)
TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :)
Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586
Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.1.98 #15 Fri May 1 18:21:00 EDT 1998 i586
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