Bug#399997: blocksize problem

2007-03-25 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 09:46:39AM +0100, Adolf Markus Berthold wrote: > This is a blocksize problem. I had the same problem with > package version 2.5.1p1-2.1 and a HP DAT72 usb drive. What about specifying `mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 512' in a pre-script before backup ? The default is AFAIK 0, whic

Bug#399997: blocksize problem

2007-03-22 Thread Adolf Markus Berthold
Hi ! This is a blocksize problem. I had the same problem with package version 2.5.1p1-2.1 and a HP DAT72 usb drive. Apparently there are several drives out there that don't like the tape block size of 256kb that is the default of debian amanda packages. Or maybe it's the kernel who doesn't like it