Attila Bogár wrote:
Hi Jean,
On 25/03/11 18:05, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
Question 1)
If I set the blocksize to 128k via mt, then I can't read the tapes.
Do I need to set this up directly via mt.
If so, then do I have to re-initialize old tapes? (amrmtape, mt
erase, amlabel)?
Don't do that, the tape drive must be in variable block size.
My tape is currently in variable mode, though I can see the following
in my reports:
I never trust what user say, prove it, what's the output of: mt status
host1.linguamatics.com / lev 0 partial taper: Error writing block:
Short write on tape device: Tried 131072, got 65536. Is the drive
using a block size smaller than 131072 bytes?
Sometime it is the OS that is not configured to allow bigger block,
check the kernel configuration.
Try with another software, can you use dd to write 128k block on the tape?
Jean-Louis
