On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:18:22PM +0000, Marius Sorteberg wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I use Amanda2.4.3 on FreeBSD 4.7, compiled from ports.
> My tapedevice is a DLT 15/30.
> 
> I recently switched to software compression, and therefore whish to disable 
> hardware compression. This is done with "mt comp off" on FreeBSD, and works 
> well on my hardware. The tapedevice is external, in it's own case (the backup 
> server is 1U).
> 
> The "mt " command is lost after a reboot, or a powercycle on the tapedevice.
> A small script, run by cron would solve this, but is it "a better way"? 
> 
> I guess I'm looking for a setting in amanda.conf.

how about having the cron entry NOT run amdump directly, but do a 2 line
shell script, mt, then amdump.

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