Re: [flexbackup-help] Problem with tape drive

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

[ Paul Murphy wrote: ]
> I can't get flexbackup working with my Onstream ADR2 tape drive. 
> 
> I've worked through the list of options in the FAQ. The test-tape-drive
> option tries to set block size and default block size, but gets no
> joy. However, I've discovered that issuing a raw command line to mimic
> flexbackup seems to work. What I issue is:
> 
> find /dir -print | afio -o -z -v -b 32k - | dd ibs=32k obs=32k of=/dev/st0

Does 
  mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 32768

give an error? How about

  mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 0

(variable block size)?

See the "n" answers regarding the ADR2 drives and block sizes here:
http://www.linuxtapecert.org/drives.php.  This does not inspire confidence,
but I don't have one of those drives.   Keep playing with it..... maybe try
just a simple "1024" for the mt_blksize?


(BTW: you want to use /dev/nst0 not /dev/st0)


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