Re: OnStream DI-30, amrecover not working

2002-03-03 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Ray Shaw wrote: >On the other hand, if they really are terrible drives, could I get >some recommendations? I'd like something about that size (15GB >uncompressed), and I could go with either internal IDE or external >SCSI (probably better for various reasons). The idea is to

Re: OnStream DI-30, amrecover not working

2002-03-03 Thread Ray Shaw
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 06:11:11PM -0500, John R. Jackson wrote: > >... I found I had to rewind the tape before running > >amrecover extract. Otherwise I get a "can't read file header" error. > >Is this normal? > > OnStream drives are evil. It's my understanding they cannot do file > marks pr

Re: OnStream DI-30, amrecover not working

2002-01-23 Thread John R. Jackson
>... I found I had to rewind the tape before running >amrecover extract. Otherwise I get a "can't read file header" error. >Is this normal? OnStream drives are evil. It's my understanding they cannot do file marks properly, so what you're seeing is not surprising. There was some discussion of

Re: OnStream DI-30, amrecover not working

2002-01-21 Thread Paul E. Schuurmans
Hi, Exact same problem here. If I restore manually (dd, tar) everything works fine, but not with amrecover. However, when the file I want to restore is in the *first* file on tape amrecover works ok. And yes, I *am* using the non-rewinding device. Any clues? I am also using a DI-30, via ide-s

OnStream DI-30, amrecover not working

2002-01-21 Thread Ashley
Hi list. This is my first entry. I am happy to report good success getting amanda-2.4.2p2 working with my OnStream DI-30 using the ide-scsi module and firmware update to 1.09. I can make dumps and read them. I can restore with amrestore. But I can't get amrecover to work for me. Surely I'