I compiled and installed mtx, that seemed to work. Thanks John.
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From: "John R. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Amanda Backup with HP Changer
> >I have a question, when I take my drive offline "mt -f /dev/rmt/0lbn
> >offline" I'm unable to bring it back online, unless I physically press
the
> >tape load on the changer.
>
> That's perfectly normal. It (usually) takes physical movement (as in,
> inserting the tape in the drive) to get the drive to go through its
> load cycle.
>
> What changer software are you using? If you have software that lets
> you move a tape from one slot to another (e.g. mtx), you could tell it
> to move the tape drive to the tape drive (e.g. move slot 1 to slot 1).
> On my robot that causes the gripper to grab the tape, pull it out of
> the drive, then put it back in which causes the drive to reload it.
>
> >Martin Brown
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
