On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 at 7:53am, David Olbersen wrote

> So I've read:
>   Can Amanda span large file systems across multiple tapes?
>       http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/32.html
> 
> Which says to use tar and read:
>   Why does `amdump` report 'results missing'?
>       http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/9.html
>
> And I'm quite confused based on the two. I obviously don't want to have 
> any problems using tar, and that last article doesn't leave me with the 
> idea that things have been fixed!

What things?  I think the reference in the first FOM entry is a bit of 
a red herring.

> I also read the recent posts which make it sound like tar will work 
> just fine.

It will.

> Due to other reasons I'm using amanda-2.4.1p1 on the backup server, and 
> newer versions on the clients.

Wow, that's old.  No chance of upgrading, I assume?

> Any suggestions? This partition could end up being ~100GB or even 200GB.

Yes, use tar and come on back if problems arise.  With a version of amanda 
that old on the server, you won't be able to use include lists, just 
excludes.  But that should work be OK.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University