>Apparently I confused every one with my explanations.
OK, I get it now.
>The problem occurs when I do put the valid tape in for the next run and
>amcheck is run, it then compains that the inserted tape isn't an amanda tape
>and if I check the first block using dd it does seem like if the tape was
>blank ...
So what happens if you do this:
amadmin <config> tape # tells you what tape to mount
# mount the tape
mt -f /dev/whatever rewind # make sure it is online
dd if=/dev/whatever bs=32k # should show the TAPESTART label
amcheck -s <config> # should rewind and validate the tape
mt -f /dev/whatever rewind # get back to the beginning
dd if=/dev/whatever bs=32k # should still show the TAPESTART label
amcheck -s <config> # should still rewind and validate the tape
What kind of tape drive and OS are you using?
>Pat.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
