Thanks Alexander and Paul! it was the bad version of tar. Updating to 1.15.1 fixed everything and my files are now restored.
Thanks! Cameron Matheson On 6/22/05, Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cam wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 6/22/05, Paul Bijnens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>There should also be a debug file named "amidxtaped.DATETIME.debug" > >>containing the details of the amrestore command used to extract > >>the data from the tape. > > > > > > thanks! i checked that file and it was warning me about the tape being > > rewound (i thought i had checked that...), anyway, i made sure the > > I have these three settings in amanda.conf, and one side effect > of it is that the tape is always automatically rewound: > > amrecover_do_fsf on > amrecover_check_label on > > > > > tape was cool and everything and tried it again today. I get > > different errors now: > > > [...] > > tar: ./etc/postfix/canonical.db: invalid sparse archive member > > > Aha, next problem. That's a symptom of gnutar 1.14 which has trouble > with restoring sparse files. Use an older version 1.13.25 or > a newer version 1.15.1 to restore. See: > > http://www.amanda.org/docs/faq.html#id2554302 > > > -- > 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, * > * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** > > >
