> ISTR you saying this is Linux?  If so, then 'mt compression 0' should do
> it.  You can check the status by pointing 'tapeinfo' (from the mtx
> distribution) at the generic device associated with your tape drive.

It is linux yes - will amanda use this command before writing to this device
when amanda runs normally? How can one be sure that the hardware compression
is permanently off?

Tom