On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 01:51:05AM -0700, Javier Guerrero wrote:
> 
> I have a problem to determine the type of my tape, I know that is an HP
> Ultrium LTO1(100/200 GB).
> I want to know the specific parameters to insert into amanda.conf, because
> the actual parametres give an error(the same error of amtapetype) when I run
> amdump and the backup is big enough.
> 
> amandabackup@svq2:~> amtapetype -o -e 100g -f /dev/nst0
> Estimate phase 1...
> Writing 2048 Mbyte   compresseable data:  36 sec
> Estimate phase 2...
> amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass: Input/output error
> 
> 
> The content of my amanda.conf is:
> define tapetype HP-LTO1 {
>    comment ""
>    length 101376 mbytes
>    filemark 0 kbytes   
>    speed 13872 kps     
> }
> 

First, step back from amanda.

Can you use your tape drive without amanda.
 mt with various cmd arguments
 dd several GB to and from
 tar to and from

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