I was having problems similar to this (though I can't remember the
specific error messages). I'm using chg-zd-mtx on Solaris 8 with
an Overland LoaderXpress (DLT). What solved the problem for me
was making sure that the changer config file has _all_ of the
variables specified, even if they seemed to be default values.
The chg-zd-mtx script doesn't seem to set default values, and gives
weird errors if they're not there.
--rowan
Lo, Donnie Emeson and the coffee pot sang in unison:
> I'm having trouble with amanda 2.4.2p2 and a new changer, a Sun L20 with
> 20 slots and one DLT8000.
>
> This changer has a barcode reader, but I'm not using it. (I don't have
> a label maker and don't really want to bother.) Perhaps this is what's
> causing my problems...
>
> I have chg-zd-mtx working, though I had to make some minor changes.
>
> The problem is amlabel and amcheck. Both get similar errors. Amlabel
> goes ahead and loads the first tape and then gives me:
> amlabel: could not load slot "current": badly formed result from changer:
>"MT=/usr/bin/mt"
>
> Amcheck is fine except for this error:
> amcheck-server: could not get changer info: badly formed result from changer:
>"MT=/usr/bin/mt"
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John "Rowan" Littell
Systems Administrator
Earlham College Computing Services
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