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List:       amanda-users
Subject:    Re: tapetype sanity check
From:       Bernhard Erdmann <bernhard.erdmann () gmx ! de>
Date:       2000-07-30 8:59:17
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Stan Brown wrote:
[...]
>         $  ./tapetype -f /dev/rmt/c0t4d0BESTn -t DLT_40
>         wrote 5886 32Kb blocks in 18 files in 178 seconds (short write)
>         wrote 11410 32Kb blocks in 70 files in 391 seconds (short write)
> 
>         That looks OK, doesn't it?

No, there's something wrong with your tape drive or the driver or the
controller or... "short write" doesn't taste well.
Can you dump a 3 GB partition to tape or tar 4 GB onto it?

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