Re: [flexbackup-help] Problem with tape drive

[Charlie B. <cha...@e-...>]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Edwin Huffstutler wrote:

> 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)

Actually, for the Onstream, you may want /dev/nosst0. Onstream appear not
to understand open source, and forked the st driver, rather than add on
option to it to handle their non-standard protocol. Hence osst.o (for 
Onstream st.o).

Beware that prior to RedHat 9, RH RPMs didn't include /dev/nosst0, just
/dev/osst0.

--
Charlie