I�m using the latest release, so the newest tapetype is used.
Unfortunately the mailing list archive is temporarily unavailable, and the
ftp archive is out of date.
Generally, the drive is a rather cheap drive, but as far as I read it
shouldn�t be so bad.
Do you have an idea, whether the long time for tapetype can be ok? Is there
any possibility to check, whether the program runs correctly?
Best regards,
Thomas.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John R. Jackson
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:43 PM
To: Thomas Eisenzopf
Cc: Amanda user's group
Subject: Re: tapetype running for 8 days !?
>I?m preparing to use amanda ...
What version? The tapetype program with 2.4.2* is much better than the
one with 2.4.1*. And if you're just starting with Amanda, you should
be starting with the latest release (2.4.2p2).
>... therefore I use the tapetype command because
>my tapedrive (OnStream DI30, an IDE ADR tape drive, 15GB uncompressed, no
>hardware compression) is not preconfigured in amanda.
A word of caution. That drive has had serious problems reported here.
I don't use either it or the OS that's usually involved, so don't
remember much more about it, but you might search the mailing list
archives for advice.
I suspect you'll also find a tapetype for it and can avoid running
that yourself.
>Thomas.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
