On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:57:39AM +0100, Bernhard R. Erdmann wrote: > > well I had it at 0 initially, and struggled with failures reading back > > from the tape constantly. I changed it to 4096 and it seems to be a > > little more reliable. BUT, I still get errors. just less. I happy to use > > any block size that will work. why would I get more errors with DDS4 > > tapes compared to DDS3 tapes. > > You might have faulty hardware, there could be anything from SCSI > cabling to the drive, the head or the tape.
I've been through all that. this is another machine with a different tape drive and different tapes and different scsi cables. It really has to be something I'm doing otherwise we'd see more of this. the machine is used all day long and serves home directorys for about 35 users, so my assumption is that the scsi card and cable are probably okay, and the other hardware is probably fine too. as I also said initially, I don't think amanda is at fault, but was hoping someone here would know what I was talking about and could help. Thanks
