[plug] Weird "tape full" error

[Craig Foster]

Are you sure hardware compression is not turned on as well?
Most drives come with this factory set to yes, and it can cause problems
with software compression.

Just a thought,

Craig F.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Furey [mailto:simpware at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2002 2:42 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Weird "tape full" error
>
>
> > have you tried
> > mt -f /dev/st0 status
> > mt -f /dev/st0 retension
> > mt -f /dev/st0 erase
>
> Yes, I had tried the first two several times, as well
> as reloading the modules. I have also just tried
> erasing, but a subsequent backup still fails...
>
> Andrew
>
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