Can't open tapedev -- SOLVED

2008-02-04 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 2 Feb at 23:59 Dustin J. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Feb 1, 2008 6:38 AM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meanwhile, and maybe easier to diagnose, I find: GMT_ONLINE [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ammt -t /dev/nht0 status tapedev /dev/nht0 is

Re: Fwd: Can't open tapedev

2008-02-03 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 2 Feb at 23:59 Dustin J. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Neither looks obviously incorrect, but I'm not well-versed in the posix tape interface. I think the best trick at this point may be to upgrade your kernel and/or tape drivers, but if you're

Re: Fwd: Can't open tapedev

2008-02-02 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Feb 1, 2008 6:38 AM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Meanwhile, and maybe easier to diagnose, I find: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ammt -t /dev/nht0 status tapedev /dev/nht0 is offline or has no loaded tape. /dev/nht0 status failed: Success Whereas: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mt

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-31 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 28 Jan at 16:24 Dustin J. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jan 28, 2008 10:58 AM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems like everyone here is equally baffled :( In the interests of getting to the bottom of this, do you think you could run an

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-29 Thread Nicholas Brockner
Tony van der Hoff wrote: On 28 Jan at 14:35 Nick Brockner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hi, I've been using amanda for some years, but have just moved from Mandriva to Debian Etch. I have a Seagate STT-2 IDE Travan tape, which is

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 27 Jan at 20:52 Dustin J. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jan 27, 2008 1:01 PM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/nht0: No such file or directory Maybe I'm just asking the obvious, but .. does that file exist? Usually

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Nick Brockner
Do a #modprobe ide-scsi And see if that loads the kernel module. -Nick Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hi, I've been using amanda for some years, but have just moved from Mandriva to Debian Etch. I have a Seagate STT-2 IDE Travan tape, which is identified as nht0. MT and dd correctly address

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Jan 28, 2008 10:58 AM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems like everyone here is equally baffled :( In the interests of getting to the bottom of this, do you think you could run an 'strace' the amcheck process? The results will be long, but if you can find the place where it

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 28 Jan at 14:35 Nick Brockner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hi, I've been using amanda for some years, but have just moved from Mandriva to Debian Etch. I have a Seagate STT-2 IDE Travan tape, which is identified as nht0. MT

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Newcomb
How do I get off this list? Dustin J. Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 28, 2008 10:58 AM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems like everyone here is equally baffled :( In the interests of getting to the bottom of this, do you think you could run an 'strace' the

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Newcomb
How do I get off this list? Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 28 Jan at 14:35 Nick Brockner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hi, I've been using amanda for some years, but have just moved from Mandriva to Debian Etch. I

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Newcomb
How do I get off this list? Nick Brockner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do a #modprobe ide-scsi And see if that loads the kernel module. -Nick Tony van der Hoff wrote: Hi, I've been using amanda for some years, but have just moved from Mandriva to Debian Etch. I have a Seagate

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2008-01-28 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Jan 28, 2008 1:15 PM, Steve Newcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get off this list? You received several answers to that question the last time you asked. See http://www.amanda.org/support/mailinglists.php If I may say it, may cooler heads prevail at coolheads.. Dustin -- Storage

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Toomas Aas
Steve Newcomb wrote: How do I get off this list? The instructions are below. They are for another list, but this list works exactly the same: http://lists.herald.co.uk/pipermail/lois-bujold/2007-December/006849.html -- Toomas ... It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

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2008-01-28 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Dustin J. Mitchell schrieb: On Jan 28, 2008 1:15 PM, Steve Newcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I get off this list? You received several answers to that question the last time you asked. See http://www.amanda.org/support/mailinglists.php If I may say it, may cooler heads prevail at

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-28 Thread Marc Muehlfeld
Steve Newcomb schrieb: How do I get off this list? 10 people allready told you and you still bug multiple times on every thread with this. Maybe some of your colleagues can do it for you, if it exceed your abilities. @Maillist-Admin: Maybe someone can remove him or block his address from

Re: Can't open tapedev

2008-01-27 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Jan 27, 2008 1:01 PM, Tony van der Hoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tape_rdlabel: tape open: /dev/nht0: No such file or directory Maybe I'm just asking the obvious, but .. does that file exist? Usually that error only occurs if the device file itself doesn't exist. Dustin -- Storage Software