>I have the tapes labeled using amlabel and "tapedev" set to /dev/st0 ...
You want /dev/nst0.
>which brings be to yet another question, if I am using a single scsi drive,
>that I can access no problem, via /dev/st0, where/what do I name the device
>for amanda to use?
/dev/st0 and /dev/nst0 are the same device. The "no rewind" nonsense has
to do with how the kernel driver behaves when a program closes the tape.
If you use /dev/st0, the tape will be rewound whenever a program finishes.
If you use /dev/nst0 it will be left where it ended up.
Sometimes this does not matter, but in the case of Amanda, it is writing
lots of (tape) files. Consider what will happen if you want to access
the third image on the tape and you do this:
mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 3
As soon as the fsf completes, the kernel is going to rewind the tape,
which is clearly not what you had in mind. Using /dev/nst0 takes care
of that.
In practice, the rewinding device name is almost never useful.
>ahh the toils and troubles of tape drives....
No kidding! :-)
>/john
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
