You try to recover from the device PSI_ASM_DailySet130, amrestore expect a device name, not a label. Use the settape command in amrecover (eg. settape /dev/nst0)
Jean-Louis On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 09:26:57AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello there, > > I've managed to get a tapeless backup running OK on 2.4.3 on RedHat 7.2 (and GNUTAR >1.13.19) but when I try an amrecover extract I get the following messages: > > [QUOTE] > EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on pc3690.asm.psi.ch. > amrecover: short block 0 bytes > UNKNOWN file > amrecover: Can't read file header > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > [UNQUOTE] > > The amidxtaped*debug tells me the following: > > [QUOTE] > amidxtaped: debug 1 pid 18465 ruid 508 euid 508: start at Tue Jan 21 19:00:16 2003 > amidxtaped: version 2.4.3 > amidxtaped: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root > amidxtaped: time 0.001: bsd security: remote host pc3690.asm.psi.ch user root local >user amanda > amidxtaped: time 0.001: amandahosts security check passed > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > 6 > amidxtaped: time 0.001: amrestore_nargs=6 > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > -h > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > -p > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > PSI_ASM_DailySet130 > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > ^pc3690$ > amidxtaped: time 0.001: > ^/home$ > amidxtaped: time 0.002: > 20030120 > amidxtaped: time 0.002: Ready to execv amrestore with: > path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore > argv[0] = "amrestore" > argv[1] = "-h" > argv[2] = "-p" > argv[3] = "PSI_ASM_DailySet130" > argv[4] = "^pc3690$" > argv[5] = "^/home$" > argv[6] = "20030120" > amrestore: could not stat PSI_ASM_DailySet130 > amidxtaped: time 0.010: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2 > amidxtaped: could not stat PSI_ASM_DailySet130 > amidxtaped: time 0.010: could not stat PSI_ASM_DailySet130 > amidxtaped: time 0.010: pid 18465 finish time Tue Jan 21 19:00:16 2003 > [UNQUOTE] > > Any ideas what might be going wrong here? I've tried doing a "rewind" of the "tape" >directory but it seems to make no difference. > > All advice/assistance appreciated. Thanks. > > Regards, Ralph. > -- Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departement IRO, Universite de Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529 Montreal, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834