On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 at 7:53pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > I have compiled and configured my linux box with amanda 2.4.3. I need > to backup my data on big harddisks.
> When I test amanda with "amcheck 13nov2002" i prompts: " insert tape > into slot 1 and press return" and this message is repeated if I press > return again and again. *snip* runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single run of amdump tpchanger "chg-manual" # the tape-changer glue script tapedev "no-such-device" # the no-rewind tape device to be used I think I see your problem... ;) Look in the amanda(8) man page included in the 2.4.3 tarball for instructions on how to use the file: driver to use a hard drive in place of tapes. There are also some discussions of this in the archives. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
