On Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:37:34 +0100, Nuno Dias wrote: > I'm using amanda for years, with a Tape Robot and LTO4 and LTO6 > drives without problems (excluding minor issues). > > Now, I have a new Tape Robot with LTO9 drives, and I can't do > anything with amanda, using amlabel or amtape for example, in the > first interaction work, but in the second interaction complains that > tape "is not a tape device".
This is a WAG - newer LTO formats support accessing the tape as a filesystem <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape_File_System>. I wonder if the OS (linux?) sees the tape drive as a disk? What does the kernel log during device attachment? Are you able to hook up the drive to a different OS for comparison? Cheerio, Hauke (who is still on LTO-4) -- Hauke Fath <[email protected]> Linnéweg 7 64342 Seeheim-Jugenheim Germany
