>Additionally, there is another strange message appearing when trying
>to recover files from an already mounted tape:
>
>Wed 08:22:28 media notice: Volume "000070" on device "/dev/nst2": Cannot
decode block. Verify the device configuration. Tape positioning by record
is disabled.
>

I have only seen this when a tape has been written at a different blocksize
from what is expected when read. When the tapes are labelled/recycled at
the new blocksize they will not complain.

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