Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] RES: The famous "ERR=Input/output error"

2011-08-25 11:44:07
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] RES: The famous "ERR=Input/output error"
From: John Drescher <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Rodrigo Ferraz <Rodrigo.Ferraz AT conceptnetservices DOT com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:41:50 -0400
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Rodrigo Ferraz
<Rodrigo.Ferraz AT conceptnetservices DOT com> wrote:
> Hi Martin
>
> Thank you for answering.
>
> Just a question before executing the tape tests: could 'mt -f /dev/nst0 eod' 
> erase the tape or mess with backup data on it?

No. It spaces to the end of the data.


  eod, seod
              Space to end of valid data.  Used on streamer tape
drives to append data to the logical end of tape.
John

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