For example, in your rc.conf
file you may have:
/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 0
/bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 defblksize 0
I think this probably gets too specific.
The error could just as easily occur because amanda is upgraded to new
binaries which are not compiled for the proper blocksize at the same
time that a new amanda configuration file is missing a blocksize option.
We should probably just expand the blocksize section of the FAQ and
point people with issues reading tape labels to it as a possible cause.
I know the whole concept of fixed blocksize verse variable can get
confusing.
I know we put "options st buffer_kbs=256" in /etc/modprobe.conf here to
force a 256K fixed blocksize rather than deal with variable size.
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