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On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:58:08PM +0200, Sinan KALKAN wrote:
> i have installed and configured amanda-2.4.3 for seagate-travan
> tapes but i get the following looping error when i try to use
> any of amanda commands. while getting these messages on the console,
> 'kernel: ide-tape: Reached idetape_chrdev_open' is recorded in
> /var/log/messages.
> by the way, i can write to and read from the tapes by using cat.
> so, the problem is not with the tape or the medium, but with amanda.
Not clear yet. Reading/writing your tapes with cat(1) is a little
unconventional.
Try reading/writing your tapes with GNU tar/dd(1), and manipulating
them with mt(1) (status, fsf, rewind). If that all works flawlessly,
then maybe you've got an Amanda problem.
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