On Monday 07 February 2005 18:31, Paul Bijnens wrote: >Gil Naveh wrote: >> Gene - thanks for trying to help, >> >> Currently the only reason that I can think of is that Amanda has >> not read correctly our tape drive so I am re-running >> #amtapetype -f /dev/rmt/0n > >Add an estimate value! And it takes about 5 hours only. Without >an estimate it takes a week or so. Like this: > > amtapetype -f /dev/rmt/0n -e 200g > >On the other hand, writing a few bytes is enough to see it the drive >works. > >About the problem: you did specify that device in your amanda.conf ? >(I believe that was what Gene was hinting about.)
Chuckle, yup. Sometimes I get my tongue tangled up with my eyeteeth, and can't see what I'm writing... Corrections in that case are always welcome. :-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.32% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.