On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 12:15:55PM -0700, Sean Noonan wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping someone can help me with the magical incarnation to restore files. > Box is running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE. Amanda is v2.5.0p2,1 installed from the > ports collection. Server name is freebee. Disk name is aacd0s1f. Tape > device is /dev/nsa0 (which is a LTO-2 drive). > > When I try to attempt an interactive restore this is what I get: > > freebee# amrestore -p /dev/nsa0 freebee aacd0s1f | restore -ivf - > amrestore: missing file header block > amrestore: 2: skipping freebee.aacd0s1e.20060721.0 > amrestore: 10: reached end of information > Verify tape and initialize maps > End-of-tape encountered > Tape is not a dump tape > freebee# > > However, if I leave off the "-p" I seem to be able to successfully restore, > e.g., files are created in the current directory with names similar to > "freebee.aacd0s1e.20060721.0", etc. The problem is I don't have a volume > with enough free space left on it to restore the entire > freebee.aacd0s1f.20060721.0 file. > > Suggestions anyone?
Use the -h option of amrestore to confirm if it was compressed, probably with gzip. If that is the case you will have to put a gzip -d command in the pipeline between amrestore and restore. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)