Well, I too thought it was tape related... so i amrestored the file to the holding disk and tried to access it. Still hangs on exit.... the file appears to be completely restored off the tape without a problem.
--- Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 06:26:07PM -0700, Jerry > wrote: > > anyone ever seen this? > > > > I am doing a restore by: > > /opt/amanda/sbin/amrestore -p /dev/rmt/0n eris | > > ufsrestore -ivbf 2 - > > > > It's a 9 GB dump approx. I get the interactive > > restore, I can restore files, but when I exit it > > hangs... I even let it sit for hours on the way > home > > from work and after dinner. It never exits. When > I > > control-c it, the process dies a few seconds after > and > > I rewind the tape and everything is cool. Anyone > with > > anything remotely similar. When I try to list the > > contents of the dump with restore -t same thing... > > hangs towards the end (I think it lists everything > in > > the backup). > > Tape device drivers can be funny. They don't seem > to > have timeouts and there might be interaction between > locks on the device, closing the drive, and waiting > for the lock to clear so it can be opened again. > > I'd bet if you truss the amrestore process (can be > attached to on an already running process) you'd > discover it was just sitting there waiting for ??? > (something to complete/release/???). > > Solution? You got me! > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
