That should read "Now I've got a successful backup of the IRIX box, but when I try to restore on the Linux host,..."
>-- > > >I'm testing out backing up an Irix machine with a Linux box. I've >already successfully run and restored backups on the Linux box. Now >I've got a successful backup of the linux box, but when I try to >restore using the following, I get this error: > >amrestore -p /dev/nst0 olympus /dev/dsk/dks3d11s3 | /sbin/restore -ivf - > >Verify tape and initialize maps >Input is from file/pipe >amrestore: 0: skipping start of tape: date 20020305 label olympus00 >amrestore: 1: restoring olympus._dev_dsk_dks3d11s3.20020305.0 >/sbin/restore: Error reading dump file header > >This happens for every partition I try to restore. > >Any thoughts? > >Thanks, > >Jenn Sturm > > >.-------------------------------------------------------. >|Jennifer Sturm | >|System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | >|Chemistry Department | >|Hamilton College | >| | >|[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >|315-859-4745 | >|www.chem.hamilton.edu | >.-------------------------------------------------------. >|"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | >| and a dark side, and it holds the universe together." | >| -Carl Zwanzig | >| | >| | >|"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| >| go, and duct tape to make them stop. " | >| -G. Weilacher | >.-------------------------------------------------------. -- .-------------------------------------------------------. |Jennifer Sturm | |System Administrator and Research Support Specialist | |Chemistry Department | |Hamilton College | | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | |315-859-4745 | |www.chem.hamilton.edu | .-------------------------------------------------------. |"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, | | and a dark side, and it holds the universe together." | | -Carl Zwanzig | | | | | |"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things| | go, and duct tape to make them stop. " | | -G. Weilacher | .-------------------------------------------------------.
