On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 13:50 +0000, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:37 +0100, Julien Cigar said: > > > > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 12:50 +0000, Martin Simmons wrote: > > > >>>>> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:04:34 +0100, Julien Cigar said: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 11:33 +0100, Ralf Gross wrote: > > > > > Julien Cigar schrieb: > > > > > > > > > > Are you sure you need these additional options? > > > > > > > > > > > Hardware End of Medium = no > > > > > > Backward Space Record = no > > > > > > Backward Space File = no > > > > > > Fast Forward Space File = no > > > > > > BSF at EOM = yes > > > > > > Two EOF = yes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, apparently it's needed for FreeBSD : > > > > > > > > gemini# pwd > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/bacula-server/files > > > > gemini# cat pkg-message.server.in > > > > > > Despite the wording in that file, it is not true for all drives. These > > > options work perfectly for me on FreeBSD 4 with an HP LTO-1: > > > > Ok.. good to know. > > > > To configure the SD I just did a "mt -f /dev/nsa0 geteotmodel", it > > replied with 2 filemarks at EOT and then I followed the instructions of > > the port maintainer (as I have almost no idea how to adjust most of > > those parameters). > > Yes, I have to use "mt -f /dev/sa1.ctl seteotmodel 1" to initialize the drive. > This sometimes needs to be repeated after inserting the first tape after > booting, though it is persistent after that. >
This may be a stupid question but, how do you know if you need to set EOT to one or two filemarks ? Apparently this one depends of the hardware, but I haven't seen anything in my tape manual for that .. > > > Anyway, if the btape tests passes with those values I can be relatively > > confident that they are safe for my tape drive (and that the SCSI > > cable/terminator is OK) ? > > Safe yes, but SCSI problems can be somewhat random and data-specific, so the > btape tests might not detect them. > > __Martin -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
