Odd tape block size problems

Hi

I've been running amanda for a couple of years in our UK office, evenrunning MacOS X clients (using gtar so the filetype/ownership can getlost but that's easy to fix) so I've got 1/2 a clue about all this.

BUT I'm trying to make amanda work on a Netmax Linux system which isproving fun on the tape side of things.

If I use 2.4.3 I have to specify the blocksize to get tapetype to work(20). If I just it run I get short write errors and also problems aboutmultiple block write errors in /var/log/messages. Same for trying tolabel a tape.

However I can't figure out how to force the block size on the rest ofthe programs. The default seems sto be 32 and the thing only works with20. I've messed with a few of the obvious '32' numbers in the tape-srcbut it makes no difference.

If I use 2.4.2p2 I get no joy at all with the same issues, even tapetypeas theres no blocksize parameter.


Am I missing something in the amanda.conf file??


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Martin Hepworth
Senior Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic Ltd
+44 (0)1865 842300




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