The results of >>>show dev was
mka400.4.0.200.0 MKA400 TLZ09 0305
apparently your tape drive was tlz, one of the tape drive series.
Your your unability to eject the tape is probably the tape mangled inside. Be careful to pull it out, otherwise you will damage your drive.
May be the device file is corrupted.
If it a TZ tape try recreating the device file. It it is the first tape drive, first remove all /dev/nrmt0*. Then in /dev directory do this command
./MAKEDEV tz*
If the TZ tape is connected and detected, then the associated device files will be created such...
The command
mt -d /dev/nrst0h offline or
mt -f /dev/nrst0h offline
and similar, should eject the tape out. But I had experience the same. The tape was not ejected even I pushed the button as suggested by dblair. Now I sacrificed the tape, changed it with exabyte, which had lower density...
From >>> prompt, do command
>>>show dev
Is your harddisk shown there such as
dka0. ... -> CDROM
dkc1. ... -> Harddisk
dkc3. ... -> Also harddisk
etc
You devices should be listed
If not, may be you interface or cable is damaged
If shown, then start from reinstallation the system.
If you leave Account Manager (AM) or dxaccounts improperly or without using Exit command, then the application will create a lock file /etc/.AM_is_running. Next time if you try to run the application again, it will refuse because the lock file exists.
To cure this, just delete...
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