Re: amrecover question

[Bernhard R. Erdmann]

>     I'm using amanda 2.4.2p1 on linux redhat7. So, I have a lot of
> clients and when I try restore some "disk"  I must to locate the tape
> (using  mt -f /dev/st0 fsf N) before use the amrecover . .that's correct
> ? is there another way to do that ?

First of all, you won't have much luck positioning the rewinding tape
drive... ;-) 
Always use the non-rewinding device. (here it's /dev/nst0)

You don't have to mt fsf to the file. It just saves you some time if you
have lots of files on the tape.