Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:36:51 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Change request: move mt(1) to /sbin with -static compile Message-ID: <3BAF36F3.90706@yahoo.com> References: <3BAF1A99.9030803@yahoo.com> <15279.53656.28808.586330@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Duh!
It does help to RTFM...
My mistake.
Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> Jim Bryant writes:
> > After having a recent -current issue requiring a restore from tape, I found that both dump and restore are statically linked and
> > available in /sbin, as they should be, given their status as recovery tools.
> >
> > One unfortunate problem exists with this scenario...
> >
> > mt(1) resides in /usr/bin, and on top of that, is linked against shared libraries.
> >
> > Since most people do their backups using the norewind device, and preferably on as few tapes as possible, this means that to get to
> > the next filesystem to restore you must perform a `mt fsf n` where 'n' is the number of filesets to skip on the tape.
>
> <..>
>
> Err.. Can't you use the -s flag to restore? Eg:
>
> -s fileno
> Read from the specified fileno on a multi-file tape. File num-
> bering starts at 1.
>
>
> Drew
>
>
jim
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