i am working with suse linux 7.0 and i have Quantum DLT-4000 drive, no
tape-changer.

>What happens if you do this:
>
>
> $ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
>  $ amrestore no-such-host

$ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
$ amrestore /dev/nst0 amanda1
amrestore:   0: skipping start of tape: date 20001204 label VOL0
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore:   1: reached end of tape: date 20001204

>What about this:
>
>  $ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
>  $ mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
>  $ amrestore no-such-host

The raction of that command

$ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
$ mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
$ amrestore /dev/nst0 amanda1
amrestore: missing file header block
amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset
amrestore:   0: reached end of tape: date u

friendly greetings

Roshan

Reply via email to