From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 10:29:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20227 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:29:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netsys.hn ([206.48.255.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20214 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:29:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@netsys.hn) Received: from [206.48.255.64] (dedicated.netsys.hn [206.48.255.64]) by mail.netsys.hn (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA20768; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:29:38 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199901191829.MAA20768@mail.netsys.hn> To: "John R. Jackson" Subject: Re: Amanda Experts: amrecover doesn't work? Date: Tue, 19 Jan 99 12:29:52 -0500 From: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: E-Mail Connection v2.5.03 CC: "amanda-users@amanda.org" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -- [ From: FreeBSD Questions * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > >amrestore: 0: skipping start of tape: date 19990117 label VOL02 > >amrestore: 1: skipping internet.netsys.hn.sd0a.19990117.0 > >amrestore: missing file header block > >amrestore: 2: reached end of tape: date 19990117 > > This says the tape was labeled OK and that the first image was OK (as much as > amrestore cared) but after it had done an "fsf 1" to get past that image it got > end of tape (zero back from a read). What happens if you mount VOL02 and do > this: > > mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewind > dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k > dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k > dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k > dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k > Here are the results: 12:25 mail: {103} mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewind 12:26 mail: {104} dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 32768 bytes transferred in 2.378963 secs (13774 bytes/sec) 12:27 mail: {105} dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k 2+0 records in 2+0 records out 65536 bytes transferred in 0.047145 secs (1390094 bytes/sec) 12:27 mail: {106} dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.011240 secs (0 bytes/sec) 12:27 mail: {107} dd if=/dev/nrst0 of=/dev/null bs=32k 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.011263 secs (0 bytes/sec) 12:27 mail: {108} > > >Pablo Quintana > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, jrj@purdue.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message