I tried what you suggested and this is what I got:
bash-2.02$ mt -f /dev/rst0 rewind
bash-2.02$ dd if=/dev/rst0 bs=32k
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 14.688649 secs (0 bytes/sec)
My OS is FreeBSD and I am using DAT DSS2 4Gbytes...
I will be on vacation for two weeks but after that I will try a few tests to see exactly when this is happening.
Any personal ideas ?
Pat.
"John R. Jackson" wrote:
>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 tapemt -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 tapemt -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 tapeWhat kind of tape drive and OS are you using?
>Pat.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
