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> > span a single backup image over more than one tape.
> 
> 	Ahh, yes.  That would be a killer.  I have a 40GB hard drive in 
> this PowerBook G4, with one partition/filesystem of 15GB and another 
> of 19GB, and I don't know of any reasonably priced tapes that can 
> hold that much data -- I don't trust the Ecrix VXA stuff, because 
> they got bought by Exabyte, who has a vested interest in seeing the 
> technology die in favour of their in-house stuff.

  If you use tar, you can breakup the partition into smaller portions.
This has always been the most requested feature in Amanda.

  I always ended up going back to Amanda though, despite the
limitations.  Once you get it going, it is very reliable and requires
little or no maintenance.

  Tim

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