> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Lonny Selinger wrote: > >> 2.5 hours later I relabeled as lited above. Result ... after some backups >> again it went to 9.3G and error'd out again. What could I possibly be >> missing? >> Are there other files I should remove when starting from scratch or is there >> another way to debug this? > > If the drive supports it, you might like to try > 'mt -f /dev/[tapedrive] retension' > >> The media is new and the drive has been working fine for a while now so I'm >> not sure what it could be, maybe a block size issue? Currently it looks like >> it's variable and set to 0: > > Given the media is new, the problem could also be a tape dropped in > transit - in which case spooling it to the end and back (retensioning) may > solve your problem.
I'll give this a shot and see what happens :) ... DLT tapes are a single spool/caster so I always assumed that a reel to reel or caster to caster tape was subject to requiring retension'ing but It's very possible it affects all linear media *shrug* Thanks! I'll see if it does the trick. -- Lonny -- "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work ON it." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
