[Sunhelp] Tape drive problems. somewhat off topic

[steve price]

i've run into that a lot recently - always had to
replace the drive...

--- Jonathan Eisch <jeisch at boku.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been using my HP DDS-2 drive (C1533C) to back
> up my Sun box for the
> last few months, to back up my sun systems, but all
> of a sudden, it has
> problems writing and reading my tapes, and it
> complains about needing
> cleaning after only a very short while.  I've used
> the cleaning
> Cartridge several times, but no change.  When I
> hooked it up the my NT
> with HP tape tools, and I ran it through the
> diagnostics, and it gets
> errors writing to the tape, and says that I probably
> have a problem with
> my drive.  Any hints on how to 'really' clean it out
> (even if it may be
> in a somewhat unorthodox manner)?
> 
> -Jonathan
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