On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:18:22PM +0000, Marius Sorteberg wrote: > Hi list, > > I use Amanda2.4.3 on FreeBSD 4.7, compiled from ports. > My tapedevice is a DLT 15/30. > > I recently switched to software compression, and therefore whish to disable > hardware compression. This is done with "mt comp off" on FreeBSD, and works > well on my hardware. The tapedevice is external, in it's own case (the backup > server is 1U). > > The "mt " command is lost after a reboot, or a powercycle on the tapedevice. > A small script, run by cron would solve this, but is it "a better way"? > > I guess I'm looking for a setting in amanda.conf.
how about having the cron entry NOT run amdump directly, but do a 2 line shell script, mt, then amdump. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)