Looks like a hardware problem. Is there anything else I can check before
coming to this conclusion?

[bin@mail sbin]$ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
/dev/nst0: Input/output error




-----Original Message-----
From: John R. Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:13 PM
To: Shane T. Ferguson
Cc: Bort, Paul; Amanda-Users
Subject: Re: Problem with Amcheck 


>... notice above
>it detects scsi tape st0 (not nst0) -- would this be an issue?

No.

What happens if you stick an Amanda tape in the drive and do this:

  $ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
  $ dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k

You should see the (ASCII) Amanda label.

>Shane

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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