What works for us (on Solaris):
        mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn offline

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Olaf Zaplinski [mailto:o.zaplinski AT BROADNET-MEDIASCAPE DOT DE] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:44 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Unload retry for


Sometimes we have a similar problem:

- tape is stuck in drive
- NW cannot unload it
- sooner or later NW sets the drive to service mode

What helps then is (on Linux):

mt -f /dev/nst0 unlock

and setting the drive back to normal mode.

Olaf

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