hi,

On 8/2/05, Graeme Humphries <graeme.humphries AT vcom DOT com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm trying to set up an Amanda box for one of our remote locations using
> an older Sony DDS-4 drive. I have some time to set it up, and it's a lot
> simpler setup than my first install, but I'm getting stuck trying to
> make a tape definition:
> 
> # amtapetype -e 20G -f /dev/nst0
> amtapetype: could not open /dev/nst0: Read-only file system

i'm no expert... but could it just be that the read-only switch on
your tape needs to be flipped off?