This explains it quite well I think:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ amtapetype -c -e 35g -f /dev/nst1 amtapetype: /dev/nst1: reading label: Input/output error [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ amlabel ait ait02 rewinding, reading label, reading label: Input/output error rewinding, writing label ait02, checking label, done. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ amrmtape ait ait02 amrmtape: remove label ait02. amrmtape: preserving original database in curinfo.orig.26294 (exported). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ amtapetype -c -e 35g -f /dev/nst1 amtapetype: The tape is an amanda tape, use -o to overwrite the tape [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ amtapetype -c -e 35g -f /dev/nst1 -o Writing 128 Mbyte compresseable data: 42 sec Writing 128 Mbyte uncompresseable data: 42 sec Estimated time to write 2 * 35840 Mbyte: 23520 sec = 6 h 32 min [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$
I think that this was a new tape, never written to earlier.
Just wanted to file a report so it might be fixed.
/Andreas Sundstr�m
