On Tuesday 21 September 2021 03:44:14 Diego Zuccato wrote: > I'm not an expert but I'd set a tapechanger script that wakes the > vtape by reading or writing something to the disk. > > Il 20/09/2021 05:07, Jon LaBadie ha scritto: > > is there a way to run a user supplied program just > > before amanda's taper opens each tape file? I.e., > > before it actually opens and creates a new file on > > the tape. > > > > Do I recall correctly that it opens a tmp file on > > the vtape and when complete renames it? Or am I > > thinking of the chunks on the holding disk? > > > > jon
I don't shut down the spinning rust, landing the head as they stop is the most dangerous time for spinning rust. When I installed stretch several years ago now I replaced the boot drive with a new one. The 1T disk I pulled out and is now serving as a paperweight had 25 re-allocated sectors on it the first time I checked at less than 1000 hours, still had 25 reallocated sectors on it the last time I checked, and there was over 67,000 hours of spinning time on it then. It pains me to do a shutdown for mahine mods, because thats another restart cycle. The next shutdown will only leave the /amandatapes drive as the last remaining spinning rust drive. Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
