On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Glen Davison wrote:

> The symptoms vary - sometimes there is an error at some point through the
> tape, and sometimes (suspiciously often) it seems to have lost the bacula
> label right at the start.  These tapes were new, and the rate of these
> errors is far higher than I can attribute to bad tape manufacture, etc.

Scsi errors spring to mind.

Are your cables within spec?
Are your terminators in good condition?

What kind of tapes are you using?

If these are all ok, then suspicion should fall on the tape drive.

> This system has had a history of problems, particularly scsi problems.

What kind of interface card are you using?

AB

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