Hi, David,

on Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 at 01:06 you wrote to amanda-users:

DT> file to recover is "/home/scrozier/rna/Cluster.java" on host "storm"


DT> Extracting files using tape drive /dev/nst0 on host genomics.swmed.edu.
DT> Load tape DailySet3-012 now
DT> Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? y
DT> EOF, check amidxtaped.<timestamp>.debug file on genomics.swmed.edu.
DT> amrecover: short block 0 bytes
DT> UNKNOWN file
DT> amrecover: Can't read file header
DT> extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
DT> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Have you inserted the tape DailySet3-012?

Try to rewind it before running amrecover.

DT> SUCCESS taper storm /home/scrozier 20041012 0 [sec 643.935 kb 3608730 kps
DT> 5604.2 {wr: writers 112774 rdwait 64.916 wrwait 575.833 filemark 1.6
DT> 40}]
DT> INFO taper tape DailySet3-012 kb 46374368 fm 51 [OK]
DT> FINISH driver date 20041012 time 10898.737
DT> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DT> Does the "fm 51" above mean that there are 51 files on the tape?

Yes. fm means filemark.

DT> Could the message above
DT>    "INFO driver genetics /home/root 1 [dump to tape failed, will try again]"
DT> have caused the problem?

This does not affect /home/scrozier. /home/root failed.

DT> Most importantly, is the any way to get the data?

Yes.
Rewind the tape, then re-run amrecover. Should help.

-- 
best regards,
Stefan G. Weichinger.