I was uncertain at first, but I think it's ok. Here's the setup:
mknod /dev/ht0 c 37 0
mknod /dev/nht0 c 37 128
ln -s /dev/nht0 /dev/tape (since /dev/tape is default for mt)
One of my first attempts at this amdump wrote 11 filesystems to tape. I
checked through several that I could use 'mt fsf' and cp or dd to read
them back and that the headers indicated the filesystem name in the
first block actually changed. In all cases the tape stayed put after
the read until I told it to do something else. When amrecover sounds
like it's rewinding, that's the first thing it does, not the last.
-Mack
Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
> * Mack Earnhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:28:31AM -0500)
>
>>> Had you rewound the tape? Amrecover does not do so (or anything else), so
>>> if it was at the end (or someplace in the middle), bad things will happen.
>>
>> It gives exactly the same messages (including amidxtaped.debug) whether
>> amrecover is preceeded by 'mt rewind' or 'mt fsf'. Seems to make no
>> difference. Many people have said amrecover doesn't rewind, but the
>> tape drive sure sounds like it does.
>
>
> Ehm, this may be a stupid question,
> but are you sure you are using the no-rewind tapedevice ?
> usually called /dev/ntape /dev/nrtape or somesuch.
>
> Please check your OS documentation
>
>
> Kind regards,
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