For restoring linux based systems, I imagine that almost everything is
already there on the KNOPPIX CD (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/). You
could boot from that (it would probably recognize some but not all
hardware, test with your own), then you could compile and install amanda
(with the correct configure options)  and reconnect over the network to
the backup copies of your indices.

steven

On Tue, 
25 Feb 2003, Kevin M. Myer wrote:

> A number of commercial backup vendors ship bootable CDs with a copy of their
> backup application installed.  You can use these CDs to restore a system that
> was totally toasted, due to massive disk failure, being hacked, etc.  I'm
> wondering if anyone has ever developed something similar for AMANDA.  I'm
> envisioning something like the Red Hat installer, which boots up, lets you 
> drop
> into a limited shell and lets you partition disks.  The AMANDA bootable CD 
> would
> boot up, let you format disks and give you a limited shell, and then let you 
> run
> amrestore by connecting to the tape drive (or whatever archival media you are
> using) of your remote backup server.
>