ghe2001 wrote: > I know this is way OT, but the amanda-users list isn't working, not for me > anyway, and this list is full of knowledgeable people. > > The problem is that my Quantum LTO-5 drive (4 or 5 years old) is writing for > a while, then failing. It reads, does 'mt' things, and amcheck just fine. > Amreport says something like: > > "sbox.slsware.net:/home 20201113082312 0 75940100k dump > done, terminated while waiting for writing" > > I can't find what that means. There's nothing in the logs or on the web. > application stderr: /bin/tar: Unexpected EOF in archive > application stderr: /bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > 275456 kb > /bin/tar exited with status 2 > 38 images successfully validated. > 37 images not validated. > > It seems to have successfully written things, then quit with a fatal, > unrecoverable error.
It doesn't ring a bell, but did you do the diagnostic steps of: - get a dump of what's on the problem tape now, confirm which part is good - write a different file to a new tape - read it back and confirm MD5 or SHA1/256 hash matches - write your file to the new tape, read it back and confirm hash matches - try writing your file to the problem tape again -dsr-
