On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:59:39PM -0500, Henson, George Mr JMLFDC wrote:
> > 
> > I've not heard of amanda trashing labels,
> > maybe you have uncovered a defect somewhere.
> > 
> > Consider also that nothing prevents other apps from writing
> > to the tape and trashing a label.
> 
> Amanda (and myself) are the only things (I know of) on this machine.
> I just did a amtape show and 5 out of 14 tapes had no labels. I am 
> investigating 
> one of the tapes to see if I can recover any data from the tape.
> 
> If this is a defect, it is a bit of a nasty one.

It is so nasty that if present I suspect a
number of people would have noticed it.
Which is why I'd look for other explanations.

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