Thanks Jon. It was device permission. /dev/nst0 was set read only for
group disk.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Jon LaBadie
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:32 AM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: amlabel: tape is write protected
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 11:00:48AM -0400, Lei Zhong wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> When I tried to label a tape using amlabel, I got an error "amlabel:
> tape is write protected". Does anybody know how to fix it? Right
now,
> I am running mt -f /dev/nst0 erase. It's taking forever. Is there
any
> fast way to commission a tape? Thank you, Lei
>
I ususally think of "write protected"
as the physical tab on the tape itself.
I suppose it could also come from device permissions,
but that would not be my first guess.
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