Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Hi, Mike,
> 
> on Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2004 at 11:21 you wrote to amanda-users:
> 
> MB> So I'm wondering why I can't get ~32Gb of data onto a 35Gb tape. I'm a
> MB> bit suspicious that the tapetype may be causing problems - 8 KB filemark
> MB> seems very low. I can't actually remember where the tapetype definition
> MB> originated....
> 
> Seems like it is one of those in the AMANDA-FAQ-O-MATIC.

Ah yes, that was where it came from :-).

> MB> I could run tapetype on the drive, but that's likely to take some time,
> MB> and I was hoping someone might be able to give me a quick fix...
> 
> Look up http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/100.html.
> You will find that amtapetype generated somewhat smaller values for
> the length.

Hmm, yes.

> The values given for the capacities of tapes are often theoretical
> ones.

s/theoretical/wishful thinking/ it seems :-).

Mike.