On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 01:00:32AM +0200, Michael Mayer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've git a DLT VS80i from HP. Writing 64k blocks with default blocksize 
> set via mt command works quite well, but when trying label amanda tapes it 
> seems to insist on using 32k block size for writing. The kernel reports
> 
> st0: Incorrect block size.
> st0: Write not multiple of tape block size.
> 
> Is there any switch in the amanda configuration or may I just have to 
> recompile amanda ? The guys from HP told me that the Tape drive needs the 
> 64k blocksize.

Recent versions (after I think 2.4.3b2) allow you to specify blocksize
in the tapetype definition.  See the amanda man page.

However, as explained on the man page, it does require a configure option
before you can deviate from 32 Kbyte blocks.

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