On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Olivier Nicole <on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th> wrote:
> Does Amanda use the tapedev defined in amanda.conf or the tapedev
> returned by the changer?

That returned by the changer.  What makes it confusing is that some
changers return the tapedev defined in amanda.conf :)

> If Amanda uses the tapedev returned by the changer, I think that
> chg-disk could be rewritten to avoid using symlinks, returning the
> directory of the slot each time, and so could work with file systems
> that does not implement symlinks (NTFS/FAT32 USB disks).

Yep, sounds like a good plan.

Dustin

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