Hi, 
 
I have a problem with amverify. Or more correctly, I don't quite see why I
get the output I do:

[amanda@bertha tmp]$ amverify bertha-us
No tape changer...
Tape device is /dev/nst0...
Verify summary to amanda
Defects file is /tmp/amanda/amverify.28777/defects
amverify bertha-us
Wed Jun 11 15:40:21 PDT 2003

Using device /dev/nst0
Waiting for device to go ready...
Rewinding...
Processing label...
Volume DailySet148, Date 20030605
Rewinding...
End-of-Tape detected.
Rewinding...
[amanda@bertha tmp]$

There are files on the tape--I can dd them off. I can't extract the files
using the method encoded in the header record of the data files--gzip
complains that it's not looking at a gzip file. or maybe it's restore
complaining about the :

[amanda@bertha tmp]$ dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc |
/sbin/restore ibf 2 -

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
/sbin/restore: Tape read error on first record
0+33 records in
0+32 records out


The host is a linux box, RH7.2. Tape drive is an Exabyte Mammoth-LT. I'm
running amanda
2.4.2p2, gzip v1.3, gnutar 1.13.25, and have been for some time. As seems to
be always the case, this used to work, and I didn't change anything...well,
I did set the drive to variable block size per the Exabyte support page with


  $ mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 0

Any help appreciated. 

Thanks,
-Adam