No mt? It used to have it. I can't remember what version (circa 1995) I used to run at home on my old tape-equipped PC, but I used mt all the time with it.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:39 AM > 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 > -- > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Chuck Hamilton 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).
