tape drive error

[Tom Fogal]

I believe this means your tape drive is set up to write a different block
size than your software is writing.
try setting the block size explicitly with your backup software. 8192 is a
popular size, try other multiples of 8.

just a quick guess... HTH,

-tom

> I've started getting the following error when trying to back up to tape:
> 
> "Write not multiple of tape block size"
> 
> I need help interpreting what this means and what I might do about it.
> I've run a bunch of diagnostic tests on the drive, and have gotten mixed
> (inconsistent) results, so I kind of think it's hardware failure, but I
> still would like to know what the message is telling me.
> 
> This has worked for a year and a half, and I haven't changed anything
> that I am aware of.  HP C1536a DDS tape drive.
> 
> --charlie
> 
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