[Posted and Cc'ed] On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 03:58:08PM +0200, Sinan KALKAN wrote: > i have installed and configured amanda-2.4.3 for seagate-travan > tapes but i get the following looping error when i try to use > any of amanda commands. while getting these messages on the console, > 'kernel: ide-tape: Reached idetape_chrdev_open' is recorded in > /var/log/messages.
> by the way, i can write to and read from the tapes by using cat. > so, the problem is not with the tape or the medium, but with amanda. Not clear yet. Reading/writing your tapes with cat(1) is a little unconventional. Try reading/writing your tapes with GNU tar/dd(1), and manipulating them with mt(1) (status, fsf, rewind). If that all works flawlessly, then maybe you've got an Amanda problem. -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
