On 11 Mar 2002 at 1:49pm, Brad Tilley wrote > [root@reg root]# dd if=/dev/st0 bs=32k skip=2 count=1 > AMANDA: FILE 20020304 reg /root lev 0 comp N program /bin/tar > To restore, position tape at start of file and run: > dd if=$tape bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/tar -f... - > > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > [root@reg root]# > > So, I cd to a /tmp directory and try to run the command as it appeared > in the amanda header, but I always get a tar error.
For the dd command to work, you need to be at the beginning of a tape file. Since your first dd command referenced /dev/st0, the rewinding tape device, you were at BOT. To restore the first file off the tape: mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/tar -f - -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
