Actually I thought I saw a post on here before that you can, in newer versions, backup to disk. Also, on sourceforge there is a utility called "backuppc"
http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc/ It looks to be a disk-only solution, it might be useful for you, not sure. (It has screen shots so you can see how it works). Also, There is another tool (afbackup) on sourceforge which has a disk-type backup as well. Hopefully someone will post how to do it in amanda. --- "Christopher C.J. Keist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I can create a file system (ext2 or ext3) > on the optical disk > and access it just like any other harddrive. So > looks like Amanda isn't > setup to deal with this. > > On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 02:48 PM, Jerry > wrote: > > > Just looked it up. Those units look nice. I am > not > > sure if amanda works with optical drives yet... > can > > you use tar to write to it??? or do you have to > use > > burner software to write to them. That would be > > awesome if you could write to it with tar. > > > > Jerry > > > > --- "Christopher C.J. Keist" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I'm looking for help in getting amanda > >> configured. I'm lost with > >> all the config files that I don't know what to > edit. > >> This is what I have: > >> PC Running Linux RH7.3 > >> 1 HP Optical SureStore 1200EX juke box > >> 10 Optical RW drives > >> 238 pieces of media each holds 5.2GB > >> > >> I have mtx working and it looks like it sees the > >> juke box and can talk > >> with it. I'm not looking at amanda to do regular > >> backups but rather > >> just periodic archives of certain > files/directories. > >> So just looking to see if anyone has configured a > >> optical juke box to > >> work with Amanda. > >> > >> Thanks... > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> C.J. Keist > >> Phone: > >> 970-491-0630 > >> UNIX/Network Manager > Fax: > >> 970-491-5569 > >> Colorado State University > >> email: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Dean of Engineering > >> > >> I just want the chance to prove, "Money can't buy > >> happiness".... > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > C.J. Keist > Phone: > 970-491-0630 > UNIX/Network Manager Fax: > 970-491-5569 > Colorado State University > email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dean of Engineering > > I just want the chance to prove, "Money can't buy > happiness".... > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
