Questions about tape drives, robots, & media. Includes LTO, DAT, etc. Also consider tags such as /backup or for the backup system(s) you're using (/bacula, /amanda, /tar, etc.)
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How do I interpret the output from mt status?
I'm running mt version 2.13 on OpenSuse 15.5 with a Quantum DLT-4000 tape drive.
When I run mt -f /dev/st0 status I get the following output:
drive type = 114
drive status = 419430400
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block…
Wildcat Matt
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Determine capacity of tape drive
Is there a way via mtx or mt, or else via some value stored in /sys or /proc, to know the capacity of a tape in a tape drive (such as a LTO7 cassette in a DELL TL4000)?
I have attempted mt with the operations tell and status.
status
Print status…
fraleone
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fsf and bfs showing different output
I am using mt utility to write a data on LTO 5,Data stored at sequentially on the tape and file will be identified by File 1, 2 ,3
I want to read the file 3 for that I am using fsf and bsf but I am confused.
If I run mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 then its…
