On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 at 4:10pm, Dovli wrote > I have installed amanda on a Linux server that has a Seagate STT8000A > tape device but I could not manage to get amanda to use my tape device. > Here's the output of amcheck: > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > Holding disk /dumps/amanda: 20584876 KB disk space available, that's plenty > ERROR: /dev/ht0: not an amanda tape > (expecting a new tape) > > The tape device is functional otherwise, > What did I do wrong? > Thank you very much for your support.
1) You need to use the non-rewinding tape device -- /dev/nht0 2) You need to label your tapes before amanda can use them -- 'man amlabel' -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
