thank you Nick, that's the solution. mtx is working properly again.
Now I can return to the main experiment: try to read barcodes! As far as I understand the documentation and the several reactions this way is not yet very clear. I feel myself a kind of explorer:), but I am still open for a good suggestion. I.e. about the question which changer I should use: chg-zd-mtx or chg-mtx or ...
Wim
Nick Danger wrote:
From what I remember, sometimes you have to offline the tape before moving it.
mt -f /dev/st0 offline
wait - then do the mtx
-Nick
Wim Zwitser wrote:
thank you for your advice to reinstall amanda using the tarball. The installation was simple. I use chg-zd-mtx as the recommanded changer with barcodereader, both in rpm-amanda and in tar-amanda, but still without success.
But suddenly I ran into another problem. I could unload or eject a tape from the drive into the original slot before, but since yesterday I get:
# mtx -f /dev/sg1 unload
Unloading Data Transfer Element into Storage Element 2...mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=70 (Current)
mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=Illegal Request
mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 3B
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 83
mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
MOVE MEDIUM from Element Address 451 to 1 Failed
I did not touch mtx, etc. I have no idea where the strange value 451 comes from.
Do you have a suggestion?
Wim