this is a stale message (May 1st). Just to let you know, I compiled that version and got it working, and it's all automated with shell scripts and everyone is happy now.
my next step is to make it work with a tape-changer. thanks for the response, better late than never! ;-) cheers, john. Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002 at 9:48am, John D. Bickle wrote > > > I would like to back up several Linux servers RedHat/Slackware to an > > NFS-mounted partition on the amanda server using files instead of tapes. > > > Version 2.4.3 (still in beta) supports this via the file: tapedrive. Look > in the amanda(8) man page included with 2.4.3b3 for all the gory details. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University
