I'm running amanda on Red Hat Enterprise 3.  I'm a bit new to Linux, but will
try and investigate dmesg as you suggested.

Otherwise, thanks very much for all your input and help.  I'll see how it
goes from here on.  At least now I know what the probable cause is.

Thanks.


Michael Loftis wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> --On August 3, 2006 9:05:03 AM -0700 "Joe Donner (sent by Nabble.com)" 
> <lists AT nabble DOT com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Yes, it's the exact same tape drive I've been using extensively for
>> testing, and all that time it had been sitting in the same position on
>> the floor.  I moved it on Monday, and then amanda took off like a
>> lightning bolt.
>>
>> Wow, that's something I'll be classing as very weird, but very good.  I
>> was impressed by the 9 hours it took to do backups, but now I'm
>> speechless...
>>
>> I've introduced a new tape for tonight's backup run.  Will see what it
>> tells me tomorrow.
>>
>> Thanks very much for your help!
> 
> Yeah it sounds VERY much like a marginal SCSI cable....what OS do you
> have? 
> Sometimes termination issues will show up in dmesg, also dmesg will
> usually 
> show the speed at which the device negotiates....it is shown elsewhere too 
> depending on your OS.
> 
> 

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