On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 07:06:48PM -0700, Marcus wrote: > Hi, I'm sure this is simple but I don't know how to > figure it out. > So far I can make my Adic Fastor do basic stuff with > tar, mt and mtx. So I try to get amlabel to pick a > slot and label it, and this happens > > MT -> /usr/sbin/ammt -f > DD -> /usr/sbin/amdd > Args -> -slot 1 > -> loaded -1 > -> load 1 > -> status 1 > -> res > Exit -> 1 > > So I mtx -f /dev/sg1 load 1 the drive, and nix the > slot option for amlabel. That gets me: > > MT -> /usr/sbin/ammt -f > DD -> /usr/sbin/amdd > Args -> -slot current > -> loaded -1 > Exit -> 1 /dev/nst0 > > I don't understand how to read this. They look like > incomplete commands? If there's something that > explains how to decipher this I'd check it out. Here's > the hardware section of amanda.conf: > > runtapes 7 > tpchanger "chg-mtx" > tapedev "/dev/nst0" > rawtapedev "/dev/null" > #changerfile "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/changer" > #changerfile > "/var/lib/amanda/DailySet1/changer-status" > #changerfile "/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer.conf" > changerdev "/dev/sg1" > tapetype DLT > labelstr "^camorigs[0-9][0-9]*$" >
chg-mtx requires a configuration file. Its identity is specified with the changerfile directive. All yours are commented out. IIRC you name it <whatyouwant>.conf but you specify it without the ".conf". In the example copy with the source there are a number of parameters that must be set before use. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)