Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 12:04:27 -0600 (CST) From: mike grommet <mgrommet@ns.insolwwb.net> To: "1.The NetSys Company" <admin@netsys.hn> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Pablo Quintana <quintana@netsys.hn> Subject: Re: This is a terrific system ... thks. Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.05L.9812131158290.15078-100000@ns.insolwwb.net> In-Reply-To: <199812131314.HAA15302@mail.netsys.hn>
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What happens when you do a restore -i you should see the tape drive access a bit and then get a prompt... hit a ? mark to get a list of commands you are in interactive mode at this point and can pick and choose what you want to restore. keep in mind that it will restore the files under the directory tree you are currently in. after you are done choosing files, you will tell it to extract... it should ask you which volume this is on... keep in mind that tape volumes are 1 based not 0 based as with everything else. of course if you do like we do, and put multiple dumps on a tape, you might have to fast foward the tape to the right location. to fast forward to the second dump on a tape, do a mt -f /dev/nrst0 fsf 1 the 1 says fast forward 1 record... you could do this repeatedly to get further down the tape... then the restore should look like this restore -if /dev/nrst0 and then use the commands like above. If you need more help holler... this is a rather quick rundown. I have to run, the wife is pulling me out the door to go to lunch... TTYL Mike Grommet Unix Sys Admin Internet Solutions, Inc. mgrommet@insolwwb.net On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, 1.The NetSys Company wrote: > > Dear FBSD - techs..... > > I have a very serious problem freaking me out and have tried all I know to > correct.... if anyone can help me with this "dump and restore" problem I > would greatly appreciate it. > > For the past 18 months I have been making weekly backups for my three > network machines using the following command: > > /sbin/dump 0uaf /dev/nrst0 / (pc with tape drive) > /sbin/dump 0uaf 206.48.255.45:/dev/nrst0 / and so on ... > > The tape backup I use is a Colorado t4000s, the tapes I use are TRAVAN 4/8Gb > tapes... > > Now that I must do a restore for some important files I cannot find a > restore command that does not return a "tape read error". So far I am > completely unable to even read the tape backups and have been unable to > retore anything. > > If anyone can tell me how to do this properly please let me know as soon as > possible. > > ( I will name my first-born child after you ) > > Regards > > > -- > > Quin Taylor > System Manager > > The NetSys Company of Honduras > Email: admin@netsys.hn > WWWeb site: http://www.netsys.hn > > Hotline HelpDesk: 566-1055 > Tel: 504-566-1055 > Fax: 504-566-3183 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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