Re: howto disable hardware compression on redhat linux SOLVED

Thank you guys, the command "mt -f /dev/nst0 compression 0" worked fine.
Besides it solved a problem I was facing when trying to recover some of my
backups - I was receiving the messages:

tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 2

Now its fixed. Thanks,
Bruno Negrao.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amanda Admin" <amanda AT denverdata DOT com>
To: "amanda users" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: RE: howto disable hardware compression on redhat linux


> Bruno,
>
> My amanda server (Red Hat 7.1) has two HP DAT tape drives that I use with
> amanda and I added the following commands to /etc/rc.local to force
> compression off whenever the server reboots:
>
> /bin/mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression off
> /bin/mt -f /dev/st1 datcompression off
>
> YMMV
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> > [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Bruno Negrão
> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:37 PM
> > To: Martinez, Michael; amanda users
> > Subject: Re: howto disable hardware compression on redhat linux
> >
> >
> > Hi Martinez,
> >
> > > The devices /dev/*st0
> > >
> > > Various letters in front of "st0" mean different things, like
> > "no-rewind",
> > "no-compress", etc.
> >
> > I already knew that. But I´m asking for what is the exact letter
> > for disabling
> > hardware compression - if really there is one for red hat linux.
> > If you know it, tell me.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > bruno.
> >
> > >
> > > Michael Martinez
> > > Linux System Administrator
> > > ISTM/CSREES
> > > United States Department of Agriculture
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bruno Negrão [mailto:bnegrao-amanda AT engepel.com DOT br]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:05 PM
> > > To: amanda users
> > > Subject: howto disable hardware compression on redhat linux
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Howto disable hardware compression on redhat linux? In the
> > "Unix & Backup
> > > Recovery" book, the author says that this is done mostly by
> > using a specific
> > > device name. Which is this device for a redhat linux?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Bruno Negrão
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>