Arno Lehmann wrote:

> Perhaps a simple extra wait time after the load operation would be enough.

Well, since it is so simple, I'll try that first.  I added a 60 second sleep 
and I'll 
see how that goes.

> You could even call btape to read the tape label and retry that a few 
> times... parsing the output for a valid label shouldn't be too hard.

That's a great idea.  I'll start playing with btape to see how it works.  If 
btape 
can read a label, you would think that bacula must be able to.

> Hmm... Bacula relies on mtx-changer to leave a usable tape in the 
> drive, so you're on the right track to look at mtx-changer here.

OK, thanks again.

Mark


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