On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 12:15:55PM -0700, Sean Noonan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Hoping someone can help me with the magical incarnation to restore files.
> Box is running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE.  Amanda is v2.5.0p2,1 installed from the
> ports collection.  Server name is freebee.  Disk name is aacd0s1f.  Tape
> device is /dev/nsa0 (which is a LTO-2 drive).
> 
> When I try to attempt an interactive restore this is what I get:
> 
> freebee# amrestore -p /dev/nsa0 freebee aacd0s1f | restore -ivf -
> amrestore: missing file header block
> amrestore:   2: skipping freebee.aacd0s1e.20060721.0
> amrestore:  10: reached end of information
> Verify tape and initialize maps
> End-of-tape encountered
> Tape is not a dump tape
> freebee#
> 
> However, if I leave off the "-p" I seem to be able to successfully restore,
> e.g., files are created in the current directory with names similar to
> "freebee.aacd0s1e.20060721.0", etc.  The problem is I don't have a volume
> with enough free space left on it to restore the entire
> freebee.aacd0s1f.20060721.0 file.
> 
> Suggestions anyone?

Use the -h option of amrestore to confirm if it was compressed,
probably with gzip.

If that is the case you will have to put a gzip -d command in
the pipeline between amrestore and restore.

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