On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:44:46AM +0100, Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
> * Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> (Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 11:22:10PM -0500)
> > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 06:44:14PM -0800, kh teoh wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm using amanda-2.4.3 running on Redhat 7.1(2.4.9). I
> > > managed to backup a raw device(/dev/sda13) using DUMP
> > > but how do I restore it ? That raw device is not
> > > mounted to any directory, it is reserved for Informix
> > > use.
> > 
> > Did you try amrestore?  Perhaps the syntax:
> > 
> >   amrestore <tapedev> <hostname> /dev/sda13
> > 
> > will be enough.  I've not had a need to try it.
> 
> May I politely suggest that it's a very good idea to occasionally restore
> some data from your backups just to know what you need to do when you'e
> accidentally wiped an entiore disk,a nd you have 500 screaming users at
> your door demanding their files back right now ?
> 

The OP said this was a raw database partition.
It contains no user "files".
That is what I've not had a need to try because
I have no raw database partitions.

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