On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 04:23:41PM -0600, Rebecca Pakish Crum wrote: > > > 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
Ditto everything that Joshua says AND, don't recover into anything but an empty directory on a largly empty file system unless you know, and have practiced, what you are doing. I have a pretty good idea what I'm doing, and I have practiced this technique. Yet I still recover to an empty directory. Then transfer things if I'm happy with what was recovered. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
