Something you have probably already checked. Is the tape write protect switch on ?
Scott... Scott R. Burns NETCON Technologies Inc. Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road London, Ontario, Canada N6L 1G7 Voice: +1.519.652.0401 Fax: +1.519.652.9275 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Graeme Humphries Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:04 PM To: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: nst0, read only filesystem!? Hi guys, I'm trying to set up an Amanda box for one of our remote locations using an older Sony DDS-4 drive. I have some time to set it up, and it's a lot simpler setup than my first install, but I'm getting stuck trying to make a tape definition: # amtapetype -e 20G -f /dev/nst0 amtapetype: could not open /dev/nst0: Read-only file system I get the same result using /dev/st0. Does anyone know why it would say something like this? I've checked the device permissions, and they're the same as on my primary (working) backup server. This makes me think it may be a problem with this Sony TSL-11000 unit. Anyone have any ideas of what else I can try? Graeme -- Graeme Humphries ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (306) 955-7075 ext. 485 My views are not the views of my employers.