On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, John Drescher wrote: >> I did read that and yes I understand it says don't use 512 byte >> blocks, but that is the only way that I've managed to get it to work. > > Did you use a blank tape when you tested bacula for the first time?
More importantly, was btape used? IIRC this attempts to discover the optimum fixed block setting, should this mode be necessary IDE-based tape drives have always "difficult"... AB ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users