On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:30:14PM -0800, Stephen Walton wrote: > I am trying a test amrestore of some files after amanda has run for a > bit on a RedHat 8.0 system with an HP DDS-3 6-tape changer. The backups > are fine, as are the automatic tape changes; I can get at all of my > backups manually with dd and tar. However, amrestore is not happy. > > The details: I'm using amanda 2.4.3 compiled locally (no RedHat RPM > for me). 'tapedev "0"' appears in amanda.conf since I'm using a > changer.
You are using a changer to change the tapes. You are still using a tape device to read and write the tapes. > amidxtaped.*.debug reveals that amrecover, when used, exec's "amrestore > -h -p 0" followed by the usual remaining arguments. Of course this > fails, since there is no file or device named "0" which amrestore can > get at. Have you tried setting tapedev to your tape device? -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)