----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "amanda users lisr amanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: sabato 24 novembre 2001 04:03 Subject: Help please, tape changer under Linux
> I've been happily using Amanda for years now, and I finaaly have obtained a > tape changer! > > It's a HP C1557A 6 slot DDS-3 slot adressable changer. I want to use this > on Debian Linux. I'm using it too, it works well on my linux box ... > > I'v got a version of mtx that works this script corectly (using /dev/sg0). > It seems to be the version that requiers :long: options. > > What chnager should I use? I'm using mtx too, but remember that the HP C1557A does not have a separate scsi id for the changer, but shares the some ID with the tape drive ... > > Does anyone have example config lines for amanda.conf for this? and a > changer conf file alos if possible. This is mine, hope this is usefull for you too: # tape drive tapedev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape device to be used changerdev "/dev/nst0" # the no-rewind tape changer device tpchanger "chg-zd-mtx" # the tape-changer glue script My amanda tape server box is a linux redhat 5, amanda 2.4.1p1, zd-mtx. > Sorry if this is a repeat. I posted it a few weeks agao, when this list was > having problems, and never got enough inof to make it work. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. >
