On Monday 23 September 2002 12:23, Vlad Popa wrote:
>Hello dear amnda-folks,
>I do have some basic questions I did not have found in the docs or
> in the FAQ's :
> I have a Seagate Travan NS 8 tape and  i am runnig intel-based
> Debian woody (3.0)    and  the latest amanda (it seems to be
> 2.4.3b4) compiled from scratch with user amanda, group backup,
> samba support.
>
>  I've succeeded in making some  tar -backups on /dev/st0 by hand
>.
>Amanda requires a non rewinding tape, as I have read from the
> docs.
>
>
>How could I access the tapedrive with amanda which is a rewinding
> device, not a non-rewinding ?
>
> Could it be that  /dev/nst0 would be physically the same device
> (e.g. my travan tape ) as /dev/st0 without the rewinding option ?

This is correct.  In *most* cases the difference is that the 
rewinding device will rewind the tape as the file is closed.  The 
non-rewinding device does not, thereby placing the rewind duty 
squarely in amanda's lap, where its properly handled.  Not to worry 
in other words, when amanda wants it rewound, she will do it.
>
>Sorry for annoying, but I'm very new to backup and tapes. Perhaps
> theese questions might be  good points in the Howto that is
> currently written .
>
>Thanks for help at first  and many greeting from Salzburg/Austria
>
>Vlad
>
>-----------
>Vlad Popa
>
>vlad.popa AT sbg.ac DOT at

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