Silly me! Of course "mt" would be available somewhere. Just because I don't have it at the moment doesn't mean it isn't available! Thanks Christolph!
Hallelujah open source! ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:34 AM > Am Mit, 2003-03-12 um 14.39 schrieb Tim Gorman: > > The "man" page for the Linux "tar" command mentions a "--ignore-failed-read" > > option. Is that what you're looking for? The "ftp" command isn't usually > > used with tape drives... > > > > Kind of upsetting that Linux doesn't seem to have the trusty old "mt" > > program, which allowed all kinds of magtape manipulation... > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:48 AM > > > > > > > List, > > > > > > OS RedHat 7.3 > > > Oeacle 8.1.7 rel3 > > > I have had a disk failure on my test box and a datafile needs to be > > > recovered from my tape backup. The tape contains 6 large datafiles and I > > > get errors after reading the first one. > > > Does anyone know the linux FTP option to --ignore-read-errors? The man > > > command does not list it. I feel that there might be a bad section of > > > tape and I would like to skip it until the next file header. > > > I am in the process of exporting the data by month from the production > > > server to reload into a recreated datafile if I can't get the tape to > > > work. I would prefer to use the tape restore because the data needed is > > > 3 GIG and will take a long time to exp/imp. > > > I guess this is what you get when you use scrounged equipment to make > > > a test box to improve your knowledge. It also tests your backup/restore > > > equipment. > > > Thanks, > > > Ron > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > > -- > > > Author: Ron Rogers > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > You DO have "mt - control magnetic tape drive operation", or mt-gnu > which can be found in the CPIO package (at least for Debian). > > -- > Christoph Schwerdtfeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > SoftConcept GmbH > Borriesstrasse 35 > D-32257 B�nde > > Tel: (05223) 4970-20 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Schwerdtfeger, "Christop > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tim Gorman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
