Top Document: SGI hardware Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -42- How can I recover a partially overwritten tar tape? Next Document: -44- Why don't no-rewind tape devices always work in IRIX 5.3/6.0.1? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge 9-track and QIC drives should be cleaned every 8 hours of use, or more often when using many new tapes, and certainly when the number of "recoverable errors" gets uncomfortably high. See the Nov/Dec 91 Pipeline or the "IRIS Software Installation Guide" for a detailed cleaning procedure. Briefly, shut the drive down and swab the head with isopropanol and a lintless cloth. 8mm and DAT drives need to be cleaned every 30 hours of use, using a commercial cleaning tape according to the instructions. User Contributions:Top Document: SGI hardware Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Previous Document: -42- How can I recover a partially overwritten tar tape? Next Document: -44- Why don't no-rewind tape devices always work in IRIX 5.3/6.0.1? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: sgi-faq@viz.tamu.edu (The SGI FAQ group)
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