[CLUE-Talk] file-splitting

[David Willson]

Argh!

OK, I just tried 'split' over an smbmount of the folder containing the
piggy file, and I got the same darned thing.  The first volume is the
half-Gig that I requested, the second is 325.7 Mb, and my 'split' job
quietly went to a done state, as if it had finished the job I asked
for...  Any further ideas?

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On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 15:46, Jim Ockers wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> > This sounds *very* much like a Win2K problem.  I've used GNU tar on both
> > Solaris and Linux boxen to fill and rotate tapes on DDS jukeboxes (12Gig
> > native DDS-3 tapes with 6 tapes/cartridge so 72Gig total) and had *NO*
> > problems with GNU tar.
> 
> How do you talk to the autoloader to get it to switch tapes after the
> first one is full?  I've been wondering this for a while now.  I have
> a DLT library which you may be able to help me with, if you have used
> tar for DDS jukeboxes.  My tape hardware is:
> 
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: QUANTUM  Model: Powerstor L200   Rev: 001E
>   Type:   Medium Changer                   ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: QUANTUM  Model: DLT7000          Rev: 2150
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> As you can see the tape autoloader is a Quantum Powerstor L200.  It
> eats 35/70GB DLT tapes, as does the drive.  The Powerstor holds 8
> tapes.
> 
> How can I run a tar backup and still (using a software command) get
> another tape into the drive using the robotics?  I can use the
> 'eject' command to eject the tape and the 'mt' command to view the
> status of the tape, etc.  I have no idea how to tell the robotics
> to change tapes when the first one fills up.
> 
> Thanks for any help.  BTW We are on a 2.2 kernel right now but are
> moving to a 2.4 kernel in a few months.
> 
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