On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Jean-Francois Malouin wrote:

> > > make sure you use a no rewind no compression tape device.
> > 
> > i am still fuguring amanda out - where do i specify this?
> 
> If you mean in amanda.conf then its called 'tapedev'.
> But maybe you should go throuh the docs first and read
> carefully. That will save you a lot of grief.

thanks jf, i am actually still looking for good amanda documentation, i 
have not found anything yet. i only have git faq's and the amanda 
faq'omatic questions. do you have a website with a good documentation for 
amanda, especially some kind of newbie step-by-step howto?

> How did you configure Amanda?
> On which OS?

i am using Redhat Enterprise Linus AS 3.0, kernel 2.4.21, and a Dell 
PowerVault 122T-LTO 8-tape autoloader.

thanks again,

ernest.