>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. "setblk 0".
>Then, there is tar. tar uses a block size of 10k in its default
>configuration. You will have to change this too, if you use tar to read
>something from the tape. ...
Tar (or a system restore program) cannot read from the tape directly.
Amrestore (or dd) must be in between to strip off the Amanda header.
The image may also be compressed.
>Chris Karakas
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
