> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:18:28PM +0100, Tom Brown enlightened us:
> >   Storage Changer /dev/sg2:1 Drives, 6 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> > Data Transfer Element 0:Empty
> >       Storage Element 1:Full
> >       Storage Element 2:Full
> >       Storage Element 3:Full
> >       Storage Element 4:Full
> >       Storage Element 5:Full
> >       Storage Element 6:Full
> > 17:03:11 Config info:
> >          firstslot = "1"
> >          lastslot = "5"
> >          cleanslot = "-1"
>
> I've never had a changer, but it seems to me you have 6 slots, but only
told
> mtx about 5 of them. Should firstslot be 0?

no - my change(r).conf looks like

firstslot=1             #### 1st tape slot
lastslot=5             #### Last tape slot
cleanslot=6             #### Slot with cleaner tape
AUTOCLEAN=0             #### Set to '1' or greater to enable
#
autocleancount=99       #### Number of access before a clean.
#
havereader=0            #### If you have a barcode reader, set to 1.
#
offlinestatus=1         #### Set to 0 if 'mt status' gives an
#                         #### "offline" when drive is offline.
#                         #### Set to 1 or greater if 'mt status'
#                         #### doesn't give and offline, rather an
#                         #### "ONLINE" when drive is online.
#
OFFLINE_BEFORE_UNLOAD=1 #### Does your tape driver require a
#                         #### 'mt offline' before mtx unload?
tapedev=/dev/nst1

slots 1-5 are tapes and slot 6 is a cleaning tape - This conf worked fine
for about 6 months until today when i added another drive to this machine
and this became nst0 and so my drive in the changer became nst1

thanks

Tom