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