On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 10:53am, jessica blackburn wrote
> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 10:51, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 at 10:42am, jessica blackburn wrote
> > 
> > > I am trying to backup a windows file system.  i have it mounted so i can
> > > see the files are in a directory on the linux side.  however, when i try
> > > to back them up i am getting this error.  is there any suggestions?
> > 
> > Not really necessary -- amanda can use smbclient to backup 'doze clients 
> > that aren't mounted.  If you want it mounted all the time, you can just 
> > use tar to back up the mount point.
> > 
> > > Extracting files using tape drive file:/backup/ on host hccweb.
> > > Load tape DailySet1011 now
> > > Continue [?/Y/n/t]? Y
> > > EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb.
> > > amrecover: short block 0 bytes
> > > UNKNOWN file
> > > amrecover: Can't read file header
> > > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
> > 
> > Err, amrecover is a recovery tool (hence the name) not a backup tool.
> 
> i'm a bit frazzeled and met to say recover.  do you have any ideas as to
> why its not working?

Please post your responses below the quoted text -- it makes it easier to 
follow the conversation.  And please keep all responses on the list, so 
that others can chime in.

As for why it's not working, do what the error message tells you to do: 
"check amidxtaped.debug file on hccweb".  It should be in /tmp/amanda and 
may have a time stamp in the middle of the file name.  Post the contents 
of that file.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University