On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:51:06AM -0800, bao wrote:
> I've posted this a few days ago, but I guess it slipped through the 
> list. Here I post it again.
> 
> I need to backup the first drive to the second hard drive on the same 
> machine (client + server), but encounter this when running  amdump. 
> Here're the config. and the error mail
> 
> Thank you
> 
  [[ snip ]]

> tapedev "file:/home/general/backup"

  [[ snip ]]
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda version 2.4.2p1)


This may be your problem.
The file driver did not exist for 2 years after that amanda version.

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