>It also works with tapedev "/dev/st0" ... You just think it does :-). It's going to bite you big time, though. You **must** use /dev/nst0.
The /dev/st0 name is a "rewinding" device name. Whenever a program closes such a name, the tape is automatically rewound. Using /dev/nst0 leaves the tape positioned where it was between opens and closes. Amanda expects (insists) on you giving it the no-rewind name. There is essentially no reason to *ever* use the rewinding name. It's a bit of historical silliness that should be removed if any OS vendor ever has the guts to do so. >Well, I thought these variables are neccesary somewhere else because they're >existent in the chg-scssi-linux.conf example file: You've flipped changers on me. That config file is for chg-scsi, not chg-zd-mtx. Which one are you trying to (or do you want to) use? If you want to shift over to chg-scsi, that's fine. Then your config file is probably closer to reality. But if you want to use chg-zd-mtx, you need to look at the comments in the chg-zd-mtx script itself for what the config file looks like and rework it. >Greg John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
