heh, I found a file called "info", which said: position 30 I changed it to say "position 1" and it worked! Hopefully this wouldn't mess it all up...
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Bijnens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:24 PM To: Byarlay, Wayne A. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: "Rewind" a disk backup "tape" Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote: > > I'm using AMANDA 2.4.3, and backing up to disk by faking a chg-multi > device. Everything's set up, it's backing up correctly, but I am now > trying to restore. I tried to restore a filesystem using amrestore > that does not exist... and now, whenever I try to do one that DOES > exist, Amanda tells me: > > amrestore: WARNING: not at start of tape, file numbers will be offset > amrestore: 0: reached end of information > > Yikes! How do I "Rewind" this disk directory that AMANDA thinks is a > non-rewinding tape device? Try: ammt -f file:/the/path/to/fake/tape rewind You can also add these two directives to amanda.conf: amrecover_do_fsf yes # this implies a rewind amrecover_check_label yes (I'm not sure if this command already existed in 2.4.3; there was at least a little bug that implied that you need both, or it wouldn't work.) -- Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
