On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 12:49:49PM -0500, John R. Jackson wrote:
> * Did you set the TAPE environment variable before doing the rewind
> and fsf commands? If so, what to? For instance, if it's set to
> a rewinding device name (e.g. /dev/rmt/0b), the fsf would advance
> out several files and then the tape would be rewound as the process
> exited.
I hadn't got it set, Solaris uses /dev/rmt/0n as the default ...
> * Don't use the "BSD" semantic device names (the ones with 'b' in
> them). Use (e.g.) /dev/rmt/0n. Some portions of Amanda that deal
> with skipping across multiples files expect System V semantics.
> If you don't know what I'm talking about, count yourself lucky :-).
I changed this in amanda.conf, and all my problems vanished ... just
managed to restore a file from yesterday's tape!
Thanks =)
- John
