Jerry,
Same problem. I've tried omitting it AND setting it to other
values, and none of it helps.
Thanks,
Max
* Jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10/22/02 11:14] wrote:
> Are you sure you have the right blocking factor?
> Try omitting the -b and see if it works.
>
> Jerry
>
> --- Max Kamenetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I'm looking for some help on my restore problem.
> > Everytime I
> > attempt to restore, I get an error that says "tape
> > is not a dump
> > tape". Here's a sample output:
> >
> >
> > chinook:/home/.restore# amrestore /dev/nst0 chinook
> > hda1
> > amrestore: 0: skipping start of tape: date
> > 20021012 label DAILY09
> > amrestore: 1: restoring chinook.hda1.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 2: skipping zephyrus.sda1.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 3: skipping axon.sda1.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 4: skipping boreas.sda1.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 5: skipping chinook.hda5.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 6: skipping axon.sda3.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 7: skipping zephyrus.sda3.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 8: skipping boreas.sda3.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 9: skipping axon.sda4.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 10: skipping zephyrus.sda4.20021012.1
> > amrestore: 11: skipping chinook.hda6.20021012.0
> > amrestore: 12: skipping chinook.hda7.0021012.0
> > amrestore: 13: skipping boreas.sda4.20021012.0
> > amrestore: 14: reached end of tape: date 20021012
> >
> > chinook:/home/.restore# restore -ivf
> > chinook.hda1.20021012.1 -b 512
> > Verify tape and initialize maps
> > Input is from file/pipe
> > Input block size is 512
> > Checksum error 21367431044, inode 0 file (null)
> > restore: Tape is not a dump tape
> >
> > chinook:/home/.restore# file chinook.hda1.20021012.1
> >
> > chinook.hda1.20021012.1: new-fs dump file (little
> > endian), This dump Sat Oct 12 00:51:08 2002,
> > Previous dump Thu Oct 10 00:54:42 2002, Volume 1,
> > Level 788529152, type: tape header, Label nne,
> > Device dev/hda1, Host hinook.stanford.edu,
> >
> >
> > Is this dump corrupted or am I doing something
> > wrong? Incidentally, I
> > had the same problem when using amrestore -p and
> > piping the output to
> > restore and also when trying to use amrecover.
> >
> > I would really appreciate any help you can offer.
> > There are some
> > critical files on that backup that I need to
> > recover.
> >
> > Please cc me on any replies you send to the mailing
> > list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Max
>
>
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