Hi, i guess you are using linux as os, so you'll have to use /dev/nst0 with amanda. amanda expects a device which does not automaticaly rewind the tape after an access, that is the meaning of the term "non-rewinding". Christoph
James Kelty schrieb: > > I have just configured amanda, and I have modified the amanda.conf file to > use my Seagate Hornet 8 model number STT8000N. > When I run the amlabel utility (% amlabel Daily Daily123), I get this error: > > rewinding, reading label, not an amanda tape > rewinding, writing label Daily123, checking label > amlabel: no label found, are you sure /dev/st0 is non-rewinding? > > Now, the strange thing is this. I am using a rewindable tape, but it is not > a changer. Does this mean I need to specify it as a changer, but make the > runtapes configuration 1? > > Totally lost here. Any help would be great! Thanks! > > -James > > James Kelty > Sr. Unix Systems Administrator > The Ashland Agency > 541.488.0801 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]