On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 at 10:22am, Hussain Ali wrote > [root@fiji /tmp/tar 899]$ amrestore -p /dev/nrst0 fiji /u3/mgmt | restore > ivbf 32 - > amrestore: short file header block: 2048 bytes > amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset > amrestore: 0: reached end of tape: date Q > Verify tape and initialize maps > End-of-tape encountered > Tape is not a dump tape > > note the tape is rewinded and "dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k count=1" > > AMANDA: TAPESTART DATE 20011130 TAPE normal-012
If you're going to use amrestore, then don't dd the tape past the header! amrestore uses the header to identify the dump file. You only need to use dd to get past the header if you intend on using restore or 'tar x' directly. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
