My Tape Drive is Malfunctioning
Template:Troubleshooting Category Template:Troubleshooting Problem Your tape drive is in an unknown state Template:Troubleshooting Solution You can use a low level command to check the status of your tape drive, substituting the device name of your drive. On FreeBSD:
mt -f /dev/rsa0 status
Similarly, on Linux:
mt -f /dev/nst0 status