> docs/RESTORE is pretty clear, IMHO.  Have a look at that, and 
> then let us 
> know *exactly* what you don't understand.  As a short intro, 
> you use 'mt' 
> to position the tape, 'dd' to grab the raw image off the tape, and 
> restore/'tar x' to extract the contents of the image.
 
docs/RESTORE says the same thing as the chapter, basically.

when I run:
# mt rewind
# mt fsf 1
# dd if=/dev/rmt/0hn bs=32k count=1
I get:
AMANDA: FILE 20031127 spork.unterlaw.com /u05/oracle/admin/testua lev 0
comp N program /usr/local/bin/tar
To restore position tape at start of file and run:
    dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /usr/local/bin/tar -f... -
1+0 records in
1+0 records out

GREAT...this is one of the two things I would like to restore.
Fantastic.
So it appears as if this is the first thing on the tape...so I cd
/u05/oracle/admin and run
# mt rewind
# mt fsf 1
# dd if=/dev/rmt/0hn bs=1 skip=1 | /usr/local/bin/tar -xf -
107+0 records in
107+0 records out


Great...now what? And now if I try to run that dd command again, it
says:
read: not enough space
read: not enough space
0+0 records in
0+0 records out

What 107 records is is talking about the first time?? The tape never
appeared to be active after I ran my dd command the first time, so what
did it do with the mysterious 107 records.

The doc is clear on what commands to run, but I ran them, and nothing
seems to have happened.