$ /usr/local/sbin/amlabel daily daily0
labeling tape in slot 0 (/dev/nst0):
rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape
rewinding, writing label daily0, checking label
amlabel: reading label: Input/output error
Again, the error message is not very helpful....
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Jeremy Wadsack
Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
Bort, Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> If you're using a Linux that understand RPMs, you can get
> mt-st-0.5b-7.i386.rpm (or maybe a newer version) from a variety of places.
> (gnu.org is great for getting source code, but not my first choice for
> getting software working _today_.)
> The error message you're getting is actually very good news. It means that
> you have found a tape drive and that there is a tape in it. Before you can
> amcheck, you have to amlabel at least one tape. amlabel writes a header to
> the tape and creates an entry for it in the tapelist. Try to label the tape,
> then try amcheck again, and let us know if there are any problems.
> If you want to try something lower-level first, you can use `dd` to read and
> write the tape, but you'll need mt in hand to do important things like
> rewinds.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeremy Wadsack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:33 PM
>> To: Bort, Paul
>> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>> Subject: Re: Configuring an Exabute 10h
>>
>>
>>
>> Bort, Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> > tapedev should point to the tape drive regardless of the type of
>> > changer. If it's the only SCSI tape on the machine, it's probably
>> > /dev/nst0, and a command like `mt -f /dev/nst0 status` should return
>> > something meaningful about the tape drive in the changer. If there
>> > is a tape in the drive, or you can convince someone to put a tape in
>> > the drive, it would be a good idea to make sure AMANDA can label
>> > that tape.
>>
>>
>> Well, this computer doesn't have mt on it! And I can't seem to figure
>> out where to get it. (You'd think ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/mt/ would
>> be it, but apparently not.) So anyone know where mt is?
>>
>> However, I went ahead and set tapedev to /dev/nst0 (ignoring the
>> changer for now) and got this message from amcheck:
>>
>> ERROR: /dev/nst0: reading label: Input/output error
>> (expecting a new tape)
>>
>> If I try /dev/nst1, 2, or 3 I get 'no tape online' so I'm quite sure
>> that's the tape drive device.
>>
>> I don't know what to make of the "Input/outpu error" message though.
>> Could be that there's a problem in the tape drivers? Or something
>> else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jeremy Wadsack
>> Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
>>
