restoring w/o amrestore can be done with dd, gzip, tar, and so on, way
messy compared to amrecover (or amrestore) but its possible.  That's one
of the plus's to amanda.

Kurt Yoder wrote:
> 
> Assuming you're running Linux, all you need is some form of Linux
> rescue disk. I've got a bunch of Debian installer cd's lying around
> and have used them for similar purposes before. Probably most Linux
> installer cd's can be used like this, and I'm quite certain
> something like Knoppix would include all the utilities anyone would
> need. Who knows, might even work to restore tapes made with
> non-Linux amanda servers.
> 
> BTW, if restoring without an amanda server, doesn't one also need
> amrestore? The other day I tried restoring an amanda image, and had
> to run it through amrestore before I could untar it.
> 
> Eric Siegerman said:
> > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:17:16PM -0400, Ean Kingston wrote:
> >> Also, with hardware compression, I know I can restore the tape
> >> without having
> >> to worry about finding the right libraries and programs to do the
> >> restore.
> >
> > True.  But one can work around that by backing up / uncompressed,
> > and making sure it contains a (possibly statically linked) copy
> > of gzip.  Hmmm, something to add to my to-do list :-(
> 
> --
> Kurt Yoder
> Sport & Health network administrator

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