Amanda-Users

Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)

2005-01-14 12:00:51
Subject: Re: barcode reader help (and faq-o-matic-toast?)
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Will Lowe <harpo AT thebackrow DOT net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:49:14 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 at 8:39am, Will Lowe wrote

> > To get your barcode reader working, install mtx.
> 
> Hmm, and use which changer script?  chg-zd-mtx?  I've got barcodes set
> up and mtx seems to find them:

Yep, that's what I use.

> Storage Changer /dev/sg1:1 Drives, 23 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
> Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Storage Element 7 Loaded):VolumeTag = 000007
>     Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=000001                          
> 
> but the barcodes file I told it to make is empty even after an "amtape
> update" run.

Hm.  Well, the man page says "Update the changer label database, if it has 
one".  Did it exist already before running that command?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University