For the archives, turns out the problem was not with "-p" in 'amrestore -p /dev/nsa0 freebee aacd0s1f | restore -ivf -' but rather with the hostname and diskname being specified. Turns out that if I specified any of them the error would occur (even though I've verified that they were all syntactically correct). I found this out by simply trying:
'amrestore -p /dev/nsa0 | restore -ivf -' And it worked--sort of. I was dropped into interactive mode of restore. However, I noticed that it was for the /var volume which corresponded to disk aacd0s1e, which was the first on the tape, which corresponds to what I think is called "fileno 0" in amanda. I knew that "fileno" started with 0 and not 1, so I guessed that aacd0s1f was fileno #2, and I tried this command: 'amrestore -f 2 -p /dev/nsa0 | restore -ivf -' Lo and behold I was put in interactive restore mode of dump with the /usr partition available to restore. Just what I wanted! I was able to "add" and "extract" the files I needed to restore from this point. I don't know why specifying the hostname and diskname causes errors, but it does--for me at least. Specifying the fileno instead gets the job done. Thanks to everyone who responded! --Sean Noonan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Sean Noonan > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:23 AM > To: amanda-users@amanda.org > Cc: 'Paul Haldane'; 'Joshua Baker-LePain' > Subject: RE: Need help restoring: -p doesn't seem to work > > > > >> What does "mt stat" say before you run amrestore? Is the tape > > positioned > > ^^^^ > > > > > > "mt start" gives an error. "start" doesn't seem to be a valid command > > for > > ^^^^^ > > > > Erm, start != stat. > > > > -- > > Joshua Baker-LePain > > Department of Biomedical Engineering > > Duke University > > Doh! Long night, high resolution, small typeface. Sorry about that! > > Here's what I get: > > freebee# mt -f /dev/nsa0 stat > Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression > Current: 0x42 variable 0 disabled > ---------available modes--------- > 0: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 > 1: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 > 2: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 > 3: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 > --------------------------------- > Current Driver State: at rest. > --------------------------------- > File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 > freebee# > > Thanks! > > --Sean Noonan >