On Wednesday 13 November 2002 13:53, direzione AT phitec DOT it wrote:
>I have compiled and configured my linux box with amanda 2.4.3. I
> need to backup my data on big harddisks. When I test amanda with
> "amcheck 13nov2002" i prompts: " insert tape into slot 1 and
> press return" and this message is repeated if I press return
> again and again.
>
>Thanks for help
>Daniele

We'll need more data to define the problem.  I'm guessing that there 
is a configuration problem so its not finding the tape drive.  Make 
sure that the device (only one) in amanda.conf matches that which 
*should* have been found and given a devicename in your 
/var/log/dmesg file.

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