On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 04:40:53PM -0500, Paul Singh wrote:
> START taper datestamp 20031031 label DailySet101 tape 0
> INFO taper tape DailySet101 kb 224 fm 1 writing file: Input/output error
> FAIL taper beaker sdb2 20031031 0 [out of tape]
> ERROR taper no-tape [[writing file: Input/output error]]

Most likely bad tape or bad tape drive.  "out of tape" is just amanda's
attempt to explain the failure, but you'll likely find "I/O error" in
/var/*/messages.

First step is to confirm you can reliably write/read large amounts of
data to/from the drive without amanda (just use tar) and reliably move
back and forth to multiple files on the tape (using mt).

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