From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 15 13:48:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA01481 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:48:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from skylink.skylink.net (skylink.skylink.net [206.25.34.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01439; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from animal@skylink.net) Received: from shell.skylink.net (animal@shell.skylink.net [206.25.34.5]) by skylink.skylink.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA02862; Fri, 15 May 1998 13:48:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 13:48:22 -0700 (PDT) From: animal To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Tape Backup (Quantum DLT) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Here is my problem I have a backup script someone else has written and maintained now that person is gone and i have a little prob restoring I am running FreeBSD 2.2.5 using a Quantum DLT the script basically does this /sbin/dump 0auf /dev/nrst0 / /sbin/dump 0auf /dev/nrst0 /usr /sbin/dump 0auf /dev/nrst0 /var and then remotes..... rsh shell /sbin/rdump 0auf rmt.skylink.net:/dev/nrst0 / rsh shell /sbin/rdump 0auf rmt.skylink.net:/dev/nrst0 /usr rsh shell /sbin/rdump 0auf rmt.skylink.net:/dev/nrst0 /var when i try to restore -if /dev/nrst0 on the first three files it works fine but then i mt -f /dev/nrst0 to the next and the next is bad then anything remotely cannot be read.... is there anything that i am doing wrong or that i can do to fix this prob... not only can i not see it with the interactive mode -i of restore i cant even do a -t to list all the files that are on it....... and i cant even do a restore x on it and i need some files off there like ASAP before my users and my boss kills me.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message