On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 01:53:00PM -0300, Fabricio Luiz Machado wrote:
> Hi guys.
> I got an I/O error while trying to recover data from a tape with
> amrecover or amrestore.
> There is another way or command to recover my precious data ?
> 
> ps.: This "my precious" reminds me Gollum... ;-)
> 

Start by trying to get the tape file corresponding to the DLE you
want by using a combination of mt to position the tape at the start
of the file and dd to put the tape file off, onto the hard disk.

If you encounter I/O errors there, then work on the hardware problems.
Clean the heads, use a different drive, or consider the possiblity
that they were written badly.

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