[ale] Loaner DLT Tape Drive?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Reprint from a couple weeks ago - next time will put "emacs vs. vi" in 
subject. :)

On 12/16/12 6:51 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I have a Quantum DLT1 tape drive that appears to be broken - I/O 
> errors some times but not others.  Was able to tar to it for a while - 
> but it got an I/O error at finish and same when trying to read back.  
> I've swapped out cables (w/ termination on the end, BTW) and SCSI 
> controllers and I can't get consistent behavior. Sometimes even "mt -f 
> /dev/st0 status" will I/O error right after boot.
>
> Does anyone have a known working similar loose DLT drive that I can 
> borrow for a little while?  Here's a photo of the unit I'm dealing 
> with:  http://picpaste.com/tapedrive-GJOVjvpm.jpg
>
> Thanks,
> - Jeff