Re: [flexbackup-help] /dev/nst0: Input/output error

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ Brian Barber wrote: ]
> I'm a flexbackup amateur.  Below is the output of my nightly cron job 
> from last night.  Am I looking at a defective tape?

Not sure. 

I'd try the following:

 - Set $buffer=false or give "-d buffer=false" on the commandline and
   just see how things operate with plain 'dd'.  You could also turn
   compression to false just to take one program out of the pipeline as you
   debug.

 - Try changing your $blksize.  Depending on the tape drive and driver, it
   may not like 10.  Try 64 or 32?

 - Switch the value of $mt_var_blksize.  This again depends on the drive.

"mt -f /dev/nst0 status" can sometimes be useful; sometimes you can get
extended error info.

(You might also want to try out the latest 1.0pre version that I've
recently put out, after a few years of non-maintenance...  Although your
problem seems to be just related to tape drive specifics, that hasn't
really changed)

 -Edwin

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