Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:28:53 +0100 (CET) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Attila_Bog=E1r?= <attila.bogar@linguamatics.com> Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to set tape parameters on freebsd? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103251623320.99971@mail.fig.ol.no> In-Reply-To: <4D8CABB2.2000507@linguamatics.com> References: <4D8CABB2.2000507@linguamatics.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2055831798-501752186-1301066933=:99971 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:50-0000, Attila Bogár wrote: > Dear FreeBSD list, > > I'm currently using FreeBSD on my backup server (w/ Amanda). > > I'm wondering if exists out there a utility for setting tape > parameters (during boot). > > Linux had /sbin/stinit and /etc/stinit.def. > Is there something similar for FreeBSD? > > Another problem I'm experiencing is: > During power cycling, the controller resets the tape drives the > drives eject the tape. > If I use 'mt -f /dev/nsa0 comp off' in a boot script it fails with > an error tape drive not configured. > Is there a pretty solution for this or you just put mt into a loop > until it succeeds? Have you tried using /dev/sa0.ctl? E.g.: mt -f /dev/sa0.ctl comp off I run AMANDA using a shell script from cron, and one of the things my shell script does before running amdump is to turn off compression. By the time the shell script runs, a tape cartridge is already loaded in the drive. With the tape cartridge loaded, it's OK to use /dev/nsa0. > Is there a way pushing compression and block size parameters to the > sa driver? I've already RTFM sa(8) and checked sysctl settings and I > couldn't find the answer. > > Thanks for your constructive comments in advance, > > Attila Trond. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trond Endrestřl | Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no ACM, NAS, NUUG, SAGE, USENIX | FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE & Alpine 2.00 --2055831798-501752186-1301066933=:99971--
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