Johannes Niess wrote:
>
> server:~ # rm /tmp/dattest;mtst -f /dev/nst0 rewind;mtst -f /dev/nst0
> status; echo;dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/tmp/dattest;echo;cat /tmp/dattest
Try specifying the block size in the dd command:
dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/tmp/dattest ibs=32k obs=32k
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(some implementations of dd may need an explicit setting of input and
output block sizes, so don't just use bs=32k for the moment).
> SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape
> block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x25 (DDS-3). Soft error count since
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You didn't set the tape's block size. Try
mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 32768
to set it to 32k, which is AMANDA's fixed block size.
If this does not help, then I suspect a hardware failure, probably
cabling (LVD?).
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Chris Karakas
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