On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:57, Wim Zwitser wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I try to install an amanda server on a Linux Enterprise pc with
>the standard redhat rpms's. The pc is connected to an Exabyte 230D
>DLT jukebox with 1 drive and 31 slots.
>
>As far as I can see the basics are running fine, except one thing:
>I can not read the barcodes on tapes in the jukebox  with one of
>the am*-tools.
>
>The only tool which gives the barcodes is mtx. After "mtx inquiry"
>the "mtx status" command lists barcodes.
>
>But "amtape <conf> show" starts to load all tapes one by one in
>order to read an amanda label.
>I like to see it reading the barcodes!
>
>Does anyone have an idea?
>
>Thank you in advance,
>Wim

What changer script are you useing? ISTR there is an option in those 
that will enable the use pf a barcode reader in the mechanism.  I've 
never used it, never had a changer that had a barcode reasder, but I 
recall stumbling across it in the docs some time back.

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