> I was wondering if anyone had experience with various drivers for
> autoloaders with DLT or AME autoloaders in Linux. Every dealer that I
> talk to claims that I must buy 3rd party software
> to get the drivers for their autoloaders/libraries. From the posts to
> the list, it seems that there are plenty
> of people using autoloaders but also using Amanda. If you had to go out
> and buy backup software then
> it would seem less likely that you would use Amanda. I haven't used any
> commercial software, so I don't
> know how it stacks up with Amanda. Will most autoloaders natively work
> with Linux drivers?
Your dealers don't know anything about Linux. Usually, you just install
mtx (http://mtx.sourceforge.net/) and will be happy with it.