Will it be necessary to relabel a tape or label a "new" (unused) tape
for the new changes to take effect? In other words, let's suppose I add
the entries to the stinit.def file, reboot and then try to recover and
or write data to tapes. Will I still see the block error messages on
older tapes that were labeled from before the changes were made, but I
won't see them on tapes labeled after the changes were made or is it
retroactive?
George
Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> In regard to: Re: [Networker] Linux and stinit.def file?, Scott Russell...:
>
> >On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 10:28:19PM -0500, George Sinclair wrote:
>
> >> The stinit man page does mention that 'revision' can be used, BUT it
> >> does not indicate whether or not it should be in double quotes like the
> >> model? Any thoughts?
> >
> >I didn't bother with a revision tag. They way I understood the
> >stinit(8) man page is that manufacturer, model, and revision can all
> >be used to identify a specific device, assuming you have multiple
> >device types.
>
> You're doing exactly what I would recommend -- don't specify the revision
> *unless* it becomes important down the road to have a distinct entry for
> a particular revision of your drives, such as if some firmware level has
> a problem that can be worked around by changing the st parameters.
>
> > Since all of my drives were LTO I simply specified the
> >manufacturer and model and did not bother with a revision.
>
> This way you don't need to remember to update your stinit.def when you
> flash your drives to a new firmware level.
>
> Tim
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