Chapter 5  Troubleshooting
A507/A508: Directory Read Failure/Directory Write Failure
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A507/A508: Directory Read Failure/Directory Write 
Failure
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These events indicate a possible problem in reading or writing to the tape 
directly.
Figure 118  Directory 
Read Failure/Write 
Failure Block 
Descriptor
Long Word Byte 03 Byte 02 Byte 01 Byte 00
1
Called Mode
2
Save Format New Format
3
Flags 
4
Read Fail 
Status 
Status Status 2 EEPROM 
Status
5
6
Media ID 
7
CR Message Pointer 
8
Track Size
9
EOT Status
10-12