> > docs/RESTORE is pretty clear, IMHO. Have a look at that, and > > then let us > > know *exactly* what you don't understand. As a short intro, > > you use 'mt' > > to position the tape, 'dd' to grab the raw image off the tape, and > > restore/'tar x' to extract the contents of the image. > > docs/RESTORE says the same thing as the chapter, basically. > > when I run: > # mt rewind > # mt fsf 1 > # dd if=/dev/rmt/0hn bs=32k count=1 > I get: > AMANDA: FILE 20031127 spork.unterlaw.com > /u05/oracle/admin/testua lev 0 comp N program > /usr/local/bin/tar To restore position tape at start of file and run: > dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/local/bin/tar -f... - > 1+0 records in > 1+0 records out > > GREAT...this is one of the two things I would like to > restore. Fantastic. So it appears as if this is the first > thing on the tape...so I cd /u05/oracle/admin and run # mt > rewind # mt fsf 1 # dd if=/dev/rmt/0hn bs=1 skip=1 | > /usr/local/bin/tar -xf - > 107+0 records in > 107+0 records out > > > Great...now what? And now if I try to run that dd command > again, it says: > read: not enough space > read: not enough space > 0+0 records in > 0+0 records out > > What 107 records is is talking about the first time?? The > tape never appeared to be active after I ran my dd command > the first time, so what did it do with the mysterious 107 records. > > The doc is clear on what commands to run, but I ran them, and > nothing seems to have happened.
ACTUALLY - I take that back, something seems to have happened, because I now have 464 files in /u05/oracle/admin that were not there before, and are NOT /u05/oracle/admin/testua...it IS however the /etc slice from a different server. How did that happen if I looked at the header for after mt fsf 1 and it was /u05/oracle/admin/testua. OMG...this is horrible. >
