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allen.edwards@spacebbs.com (Allen Edwards) writes:

>-> >My problem is that I cannot even format a tape. Format, which takes
>-> >two hours!, only gets 50% done and does seeks on the tape forever
>-> after >that and past the time estimated.
>->
>-> That's normal !

>What do you mean by "That's mormal !"  I amhaving the same problem
>listed and cannot get it going.  I have turned off the dual DMA mode and
>still it will not work.  I was looking over all the messages and saw
>yours and wondered what you were trying to say?  Thanks for the reply.
>Allen
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	I am having the same problem. I found out that during the first 50%
it is doinf formatting and the second 50% it is actually doing verifying.
My drive used to work perfectly and only recently this problem appeared.
Does anybody know what is wrong with the drive? I tried different settings
of the tape software and even cleaning the head and edge connectors.
	Any help will be much appreciated. If I can't solve this problem,
my confidence towards CMS product will be greately affected.

YP