While working with tape drives you get sometimes a bit cryptic messages from the drive. With this page I would like to create a list of messages and what they mean. Just to make life more easy.
If you have more... please let me know at dleeuw at made-it dot com.
| BOT | Begining Of Tape. Means the tape is at the start, you do not need to do a rewind. |
|---|---|
| IM_REP_EN | ??? |
| ONLINE | A tape is loaded, so backups can be made. |
| WR_PROT | The write protection on the drive is on. Meaning no data can be written to the drive. |