> Something silly I am doing wrong or a bug ? Any pointers would be > really appreciated :-) > I would start at a lower level than that.
Are you 100% sure /dev/sg6 is your autochanger? tapeinfo -f /dev/sg6 will tell you. Here is what I get for my changer: # tapeinfo -f /dev/autochanger1 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'EXABYTE ' Product ID: 'MAGNUM 224 ' Revision: 'C112' Attached Changer: No SerialNumber: '000089000435' SCSI ID: 3 SCSI LUN: 1 Ready: yes It is /dev/autochanger1 for me because I wrote a udev rule to create a symlink to what ever device it finds that is the changer. Now after you have that working. test mtx # mtx -f /dev/autochanger1 status Storage Changer /dev/autochanger1:2 Drives, 24 Slots ( 1 Import/Export ) Data Transfer Element 0:Empty Data Transfer Element 1:Empty Storage Element 1:Full :VolumeTag=A00030 Storage Element 2:Full :VolumeTag=A00052 Storage Element 3:Full :VolumeTag=A00050 Storage Element 4:Full :VolumeTag=A00053 Storage Element 5:Full :VolumeTag=A00023 Storage Element 6:Full :VolumeTag=A00006 Storage Element 7:Full :VolumeTag=A00007 Storage Element 8:Full :VolumeTag=A00032 Storage Element 9:Full :VolumeTag=A00028 Storage Element 10:Full :VolumeTag=A00018 Storage Element 11:Full :VolumeTag=A00054 Storage Element 12:Full :VolumeTag=A00039 Storage Element 13:Full :VolumeTag=A00051 Storage Element 14:Full :VolumeTag=A00012 Storage Element 15:Full :VolumeTag=A00044 Storage Element 16:Full :VolumeTag=A00016 Storage Element 17:Full :VolumeTag=A00056 Storage Element 18:Full :VolumeTag=A00055 Storage Element 19:Full :VolumeTag=A00049 Storage Element 20:Full :VolumeTag=A00048 Storage Element 21:Full :VolumeTag=A00045 Storage Element 22:Full :VolumeTag=A00047 Storage Element 23:Full :VolumeTag=A00046 Storage Element 24 IMPORT/EXPORT:Empty:VolumeTag= John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users