sorry, by "scp" i meant "rsh" in my original message
;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc Dewavrin" <luc.dewavrin AT sycomore DOT fr>
To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: Problem with tar on boot disk


> Hello,
>
> I have setup Amanda server ( 2.4.2-p2) on Redhat Linux 7.2 with
> 10 Amanda clients running on Redhat 5.1 -> 7.2.
> Backups and restores with Amanda utilities work really fine.
> Backups are tar compressed on client side;
>
>  I have tried a "bare level" restoration from a boot disk using
> this command:
> # scp -n mybackupserver ' amrestore -p /dev/ntape 192.168.0.100 /boot' |
> tar -xvf -
>
> Amanda finds the archive on the tape and writes it to standard output.
> The standard output is piped to my local tar program.
> The problem is that tar extraction creates a lot of unexepected
directories
> like
> "072315522404" or "07345503322" ... in which i can find the content of my
> tar file.
>
> I supposed that it is because the tar program on my boot disk is not a Gnu
> tar.
> The boot disk i use is tomrstbt and i have also tried with Redhat 7.2
rescue
> disk
> => same problem.
>
> Is it a known issue ? Any idea how i could fix it?
> Have you ever tried bare level restoration on Linux with Amanda?
> Should i use another boot disk and which one?
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to use remote tar ( the one on my
Amanda
> server)
> with scp command to extract files locally.
>
> Thanx in advance for your answers,
> Luc
>
>
>