Christoph Scheeder wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> i hope you tried the command
> dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | tar -xvf -
> and not the one you have in your mail....
>
> as you are running linux, try pulling the image to disk with
> dd if=/dev/nst0 of=file01
What to do if the backup set does not fit the disk partition ?
I'd better do the following:
dd if=/dev/nst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k count=1
dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k | tar ...
Other than that it will save time because you do this in a single tape
run.
> and then use
> dd if=file01 bs=32k skip=1 | tar xvf -
> on it.
> dd seems to have problems with some scsi-tapes and the skip option.
> hope it helps
> Christoph
>
> Jerry Lynde schrieb:
>
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
> > dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32 skip=1 | tar xv -
> --^-- --^--
> missing k missing f
> >
> > but when I use the tar (yes, it's gtar, really) it complains
> > that the file is not a valid archive. I can restore files using
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