>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 about
>multiple block write errors in /var/log/messages. Same for trying to
>label a tape.
Sounds like the drive is set to use a fixed hardware block size. If 20
works, then that must be a multiple of the size, so I'd bet it's set to
10KBytes (standard tar blocking factor).
You need to change the device to "variable" block size. On Linux,
I *think* that's done with "mt -f /dev/whatever setblk 0".
You can test this after the change with dd (and a **scratch** tape :-):
dd if=/dev/zero bs=32k count=10 of=/dev/whatever
If this works (and I'm betting it does not with your current setup),
then Amanda will probably be happy.
>Martin Hepworth
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, jrj AT purdue DOT edu
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