>
> (http://www.bacula.org/dev-
> manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#FreeBSDTapes) As far as I - not
> being a FreeBSD user - understand it, you have to set the eotmodel
> of the tape driver to fit with baculas setting.
>
> Fixed block size should not be necessary with a SCSI ADR drive.
Arno,
can you or somebody on the list give me a hand here. I am finding that i am
unable to mount my onstream drive to /mnt. it appears taht freeBSD is
requiring the block device. how do I solve this problem?
---- snip ----
# mount /dev/sa0 /mnt
mount: /dev/sa0: Block device required
--- snip -----
here is what my setup script sent to the drive:
--- snip ---
# less tape.drive.setup.sh
#!/bin/sh
mt -f /dev/sa0 seteotmodel 1
mt -f /dev/sa0 blocksize 0
mt -f /dev/sa0 comp enable
--- snip ---
cheers,
Noah
>
> By the way: Did you check the pthreads information?
>
> Arno
>
> > so here is the initial drive configuration from
> > /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf
> > with the btape errored output:
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > # A FreeBSD tape drive
> > #
> > Device {
> > Name = Onstream
> > Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD"
> > Media Type = Onstream
> > Archive Device = /dev/sa0
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > AlwaysOpen = yes
> > Offline On Unmount = no
> > Hardware End of Medium = no
> > BSF at EOM = yes
> > Backward Space Record = no
> > Fast Forward Space File = no
> > TWO EOF = yes
> > }
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > btape fails on "Forward space files test"
> >
> > so I make some changes to the /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > # A FreeBSD tape drive
> > #
> > Device {
> > Name = Onstream
> > Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD"
> > Media Type = Onstream
> > Archive Device = /dev/sa0
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > AlwaysOpen = yes
> > Offline On Unmount = no
> > Hardware End of Medium = no
> > BSF at EOM = no
> > Backward Space Record = no
> > Fast Forward Space File = yes
> > TWO EOF = no
> > }
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> >
> > now the btape test fails at the "Append files test." and here are the
> > errors:
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > Append test failed.
> >
> >
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Unable to correct the problem. You MUST fix this
> > problem before Bacula can use your tape drive correctly
> >
> > Perhaps running Bacula in fixed block mode will work.
> > Do so by setting:
> >
> > Minimum Block Size = nnn
> > Maximum Block Size = nnn
> >
> > in your Storage daemon's Device definition.
> > nnn must match your tape driver's block size, which
> > can be determined by reading your tape manufacturers
> > information, and the information on your kernel dirver.
> > Fixed block sizes, however, are not normally an ideal solution.
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > then I add some block information to the /usr/local/etc/bacula-sd.conf
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > # A FreeBSD tape drive
> > #
> > Device {
> > Name = Onstream
> > Description = "Onstream on FreeBSD"
> > Media Type = Onstream
> > Archive Device = /dev/sa0
> > Minimum Block Size = 32768
> > Maximum Block Size = 32768
> > AutomaticMount = yes; # when device opened, read it
> > AlwaysOpen = yes
> > Offline On Unmount = no
> > Hardware End of Medium = no
> > BSF at EOM = no
> > Backward Space Record = no
> > Fast Forward Space File = yes
> > TWO EOF = no
> > }
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> >
> > then btape fails the "Append files test." Its suggesting correcting the
> > block
> > size again which was already configured.
> >
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > That appears *NOT* to have corrected the problem.
> >
> > Append test failed.
> >
> >
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Unable to correct the problem. You MUST fix this
> > problem before Bacula can use your tape drive correctly
> >
> > Perhaps running Bacula in fixed block mode will work.
> > Do so by setting:
> >
> > Minimum Block Size = nnn
> > Maximum Block Size = nnn
> >
> > in your Storage daemon's Device definition.
> > nnn must match your tape driver's block size, which
> > can be determined by reading your tape manufacturers
> > information, and the information on your kernel dirver.
> > Fixed block sizes, however, are not normally an ideal solution.
> >
> > --- snip ---
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Noah
> >
> >
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