>This works, but it doesn't work the way I thought it might. I didn't >understand IRG (Inter Record Gaps) but now, I think I have a better >grasp of it. ...
You've got the right idea, but they are not called inter record gaps. Those are the spaces (if the technology uses them) between records on the tape, i.e. between the 32 KByte blocks. What you're seeing are called tape marks, and they indicate end of file. Amanda writes one between each image (client/disk) and dd stops reading when it sees one (because the Unix read() returns zero, indicating end of file). >It isn't as convenient as I thought it would be, but it does the job. Remember that most people have lots of clients and disks scattered thoughout a given tape. So restoring the whole tape at once would probably be a really bad thing. John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
