The files are stored on tape in the normal manner.  Use mt or
equivalent to position the tape to the proper file.

If you examine any of the amanda files that are on the tape, you'll
see something like this:

AMANDA: FILE 20031128 duchess.twilley.org ad0s1f lev 3 comp .gz program 
/sbin/dump
To restore, position tape at start of file and run:
        dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... -

The first line tells you a bit about the file.

The second two lines are the instructions necessary to completely
restore the entire dump without having installed amanda.

This is one of my favorite parts of amanda.

Jack.
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Jack Twilley
jmt at twilley dot org
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