On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 01:51:05AM -0700, Javier Guerrero wrote:
>
> I have a problem to determine the type of my tape, I know that is an HP
> Ultrium LTO1(100/200 GB).
> I want to know the specific parameters to insert into amanda.conf, because
> the actual parametres give an error(the same error of amtapetype) when I run
> amdump and the backup is big enough.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> amtapetype -o -e 100g -f /dev/nst0
> Estimate phase 1...
> Writing 2048 Mbyte compresseable data: 36 sec
> Estimate phase 2...
> amtapetype: could not write any data in this pass: Input/output error
>
>
> The content of my amanda.conf is:
> define tapetype HP-LTO1 {
> comment ""
> length 101376 mbytes
> filemark 0 kbytes
> speed 13872 kps
> }
>
First, step back from amanda.
Can you use your tape drive without amanda.
mt with various cmd arguments
dd several GB to and from
tar to and from
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