This patch should fix a problem where the autochanger thinks a Volume is in the current magazine and loops a few times then gives up. Apply it to version 1.36.0 with the following: cd patch -p0 <1.36.0-autochanger.patch make make install Index: src/stored/autochanger.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/bacula/bacula/src/stored/autochanger.c,v retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -r1.23 autochanger.c --- src/stored/autochanger.c 19 Sep 2004 18:56:27 -0000 1.23 +++ src/stored/autochanger.c 21 Nov 2004 22:23:26 -0000 @@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ { JCR *jcr = dcr->jcr; DEVICE *dev = dcr->dev; - int slot = dcr->VolCatInfo.Slot; + int slot; int drive = jcr->device->drive_index; int rtn_stat = -1; /* error status */ + slot = dcr->VolCatInfo.InChanger ? dcr->VolCatInfo.Slot : 0; /* * Handle autoloaders here. If we cannot autoload it, we * will return FALSE to ask the sysop. @@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ return 0; /* For user, bail out right now */ } if (dir_find_next_appendable_volume(dcr)) { - slot = dcr->VolCatInfo.Slot; + slot = dcr->VolCatInfo.InChanger ? dcr->VolCatInfo.Slot : 0; } else { slot = 0; }