>AMANDA uses a block size of 32768 when writing to tape. Your tape device
>should be prepared with this block size *before* you try to acces it for
>restore (and each time after you load a new tape) with the command:
>
>mt -f /dev/yourtapedevice setblk 32768
I prefer variable blocking, i.e. "setb
Michael Lindermann wrote:
>
> amrestore: 1: restoring nevada.ms.ordix.de._schulung.20001110.1
>
> gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
> Block size for 'b' option must be a positive integer multiple of 4
AMANDA uses a block size of 32768 when writing to tape. Your tape devi
>... What does it
>mean "Block size for 'b' option must be a positive integer multiple of
>4" ...
That's a message from your restore program. Because Amanda is having it
read the image from a pipeline, some versions of restore get confused if
they get what's called a "short read". Amanda is tr
While i´ve tried to verify my backup, i got these mail. What does it
mean "Block size for 'b' option must be a positive integer multiple of
4" The files are on tape, but i think amrestore got a read problem with
my tape device ?
Somone out there who can help me ?
Thanks,
Michael
amverify amand
