Hello Chris, Hello Sebastian,

On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 01:00 +0100, Chris Dennis wrote:
> Sebastian Marten wrote:
> > Hi Jon,
> > I write directly to the DVD. The DVD is formated with a UDF-File System.
> >  Then you just mount it and can copy your files direct on the disk.
> > The DVD looks like a little Hard Disk for Amanda.
> > Ok, its not very fast, but i have time.
> > 
> > So Amanda dumps first at the holding disk, and then write to the dvd.
> > 
> >...
> 
> Hello folks
> 
> I use DVD-RAMs successfully with Amanda too, accessing them directly as 
> though they were tapes.  The key is the
>       tapedev "file:/dvdram"
> line in the configuration file, and NOT using any sort of tape changer.
> 
> Unlike Sebastian, I format the DVD-RAM disks as ext2 before using them.

How do you two solve the "splitting problem"? What happens in your case
if your backup does not fit onto one DVD?

Yours, Mario