Harry Mbang wrote:

Could someone please send me an example of a tapelist file or point me to where I can find such. I have installed Amanda several times on a Pentium 4 (HP VL 420) running Suse 8.1 Professional, but each time the tapelist (what I understand to be one of the three main configuration files along with amanda.conf and disklist) is not created. I am using a

There only two main configuration files (those two).

For the syntax see "man amanda", sectino "TAPETYPE".
In short: add the directives to amanda.conf:

   define tapetype PT-25 {
        length 1206 mbytes
        filemark    0 kbytes
        speed   179 kps
   }

   define tapetype DT-2400 {
        ...
   }

You could also use the "includefile" directive of amanda.conf
and make a separate tapelist file with the above contents.
Then add the line:
   includefile "/the/path/to/your/tapelistfile"
instead in the amanda.conf file.

PowerTape (PT-25) with the following specs:

{

  length 1206 mbytes

  filemark    0 kbytes

  speed   179 kps

}

and a DT-2400 Cartridge.

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