[flexbackup-help] Version 1.01 and mt setblk in Linux

[Douglas B. <dc...@sd...>]

I've been using the flexbackup script for a long time.  Love it!

In the latest update, my system has been having trouble,

I need to have blocks set to 512, but the script takes the 512*1024.  This
doesn't work for me.  Output of the flexbackup error:

Neither of these commands worked:
  mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 524288
  mt -f /dev/nst0 defblksize 524288

But, if I do this manually:

rodan:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 524288
mt: /dev/nst0: Input/output error
rodan:~# mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 512   
rodan:~#

You can see, I need the blocks in k's, not multiplied by 1024.  In the
script I had to change line 2251:

#   $main::mt_blksize = $cfg::blksize * 1024;
    $main::mt_blksize = $cfg::blksize;

And now it works.

I'm using Debian Woody with a IDE tape drive run through SCSI emulation.

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