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Re: amtapetype problem

2006-01-16 15:48:10
Subject: Re: amtapetype problem
From: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
To: Franz Fischer <amanda AT franz-fischer DOT de>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:33:24 +0100
Franz Fischer wrote:
Nuno Dias's Mail:

On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 18:30 -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:56:18PM +0000, Nuno Dias wrote:
 Hi,

 I compiled the amanda-2.4.5p1 and when I try to run the command
"amtapetype" I'm get this error.
# amtapetype -o -f /dev/nrst10
Estimate phase 1...

Writing 4096 Mbyte   compresseable data:  260 sec
Estimate phase 2...amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass:
short write
I have the same problem with a DDS3 tape drive (HP-C1537A), and it seems
that the drive / driver returns immediately after a rewind operation, but
a following write returns unsuccessfully if the rewind did not complete yet.

Is the shell command "mt -f ... rewind" returning immediatly too?
If yes, and you issue another command, does it give an error then?
Does the "mt -f ... status" giving an error, or does it indicate
that the rewind is still in progress?


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