HP Tape Changer and Linux

[Bruce Ferrell]

for amanda to use it you'll need mtx installed.  Other than that, it 
works just fine.  I've used it myself.

May I suggest that you have a look at bacula vs amanda?  I have no 
connection to either, but having used both packages, I found bacula more 
"controllable"

Mark A. Hoover wrote:
> I've got a friend of mine offering me an HP C1553A 24/48
> Autoloading Tape Drive.  I've done a few Google searches
> concerning this device.
> 
> HP says it's Linux compatible.
> 
> Most mailing list references (rather dated) says it's not
> supported by the kernel (although these are mostly 2.2.x
> references).
> 
> The Amanda website references tapes for the device, but
> I didn't see anything referencing the device itself.
> 
> It's possible I'm not searching on the right terms, but I
> figured I'd ask the list and see if anybody is currently
> using one of these things and with what sort of
> configuration.
> 
>