On Friday 25 November 2005 10:47, Rodrigo Ventura wrote: >>>>>> "Inaki" == Inaki Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Inaki> No problem doing amlabel ISR006 right now, amanda will let > Inaki> you do the backup in ISR005 or ISR006, it is up to you. > >But how can I choose which?? Amanda handles the autoloader >automatically, I have no control on what tape goes next. > >Maybe amanda will use amanda CONF slot next to go to the next slot, >until it satisfies the logical condition ISR005 OR new_tape. But I >don't know. That's what I'd like to know exactly. > > Inaki> I don't know which kind of tape you have, but in scsi tapes > Inaki> you cat do "mt -f /dev/nst0 compression 0" to turn hw comp > Inaki> off. > >Yeah, that command works for me. However, I'm not sure what happens >when I powercycle the system. I'm not 100% sure the tape will always >write in non-compression mode, once all labels were written with no >compression. > Then you should be fine.
>Cheers, > >Rodrigo -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.36% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
