Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Hi, Mike, > > on Donnerstag, 12. Februar 2004 at 11:21 you wrote to amanda-users: > > MB> So I'm wondering why I can't get ~32Gb of data onto a 35Gb tape. I'm a > MB> bit suspicious that the tapetype may be causing problems - 8 KB filemark > MB> seems very low. I can't actually remember where the tapetype definition > MB> originated.... > > Seems like it is one of those in the AMANDA-FAQ-O-MATIC.
Ah yes, that was where it came from :-). > MB> I could run tapetype on the drive, but that's likely to take some time, > MB> and I was hoping someone might be able to give me a quick fix... > > Look up http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/100.html. > You will find that amtapetype generated somewhat smaller values for > the length. Hmm, yes. > The values given for the capacities of tapes are often theoretical > ones. s/theoretical/wishful thinking/ it seems :-). Mike.
