On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 05:30:14PM +0100, Owen Williams wrote:
> 
> The second is that I get problems using tapes from 'slot 9' of my 
> 10 slot library.  I have a cleaning tape in the tenth.  I have 
> two tape drives.  I get:
> 
> amcheck-server: slot 9: rewinding tape: Input/output error
> 
> I got this first with amlabel.  I configured amanda to use the 
> other drive.  I cleaned both drives and tried a new tape in 'slot 
> 9' but I still get the 'rewinding input/output' error.
> 
> I'm loathed to start backing things up while it still complains.

Might your changer or changer script be calling the slots 0-9 rather
than 1-10?  In that case amanda might be trying to access the cleaning
tape.

BTW is the cleaning tape use frequently enough that you can't load it
as needed?  Then have a 10th tape in the changer.

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