Thanks for the useful information John.
I took the easy way out because of time constraints. In my original
configuration, I used the flag "--with-mmap." I re-configured without
it and I don't get the error message any more.
Thanks,
Terry
"John R. Jackson" wrote:
>
> >I keep getting the below error message, although amanda seemed
> >to have worked. ...
>
> It most definitely did **not** work. The dumps may have happened into
> the holding disk, but they did not make it to tape.
>
> >I can't find any docs nor any one else who has
> >had this problem. What does the error message mean and how do I fix it?
>
> First, "man mmap" and look for EINVAL. Amanda is just reporting to you
> what the OS told it.
>
> Memory mapping is an operating system service that allows processes to
> share memory. There are two types supported by Amanda, mmap and shmget.
> My guess is you either do not have these services configured into your
> system, or they are limited in some way (i.e. the amount of shared memory
> space is controlled but too small).
>
> Beyond that, I can only guess as I don't have experience on your
> particular OS. Time to crack open the OS documentation or ask on one
> of those newsgroups/mailing lists.
>
> If you do get it worked out, please post the solution back here so it
> can be in the archives, and/or add it to the FAQ.
>
> >Terry
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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