dumps

[Dave Sill]

In article <3856 at vela.acs.oakland.edu>, schemers at vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III) writes:
>If multiple dumps are placed on a single tape using 
>dump 0f /dev/nrmt0h, how can you position yourself to 
>the n'th dump on a tape? It looks like 'mt' should do
>it, but I'm not sure what the dump format is.

Each dump takes up one file on the tape.  So if you've got four dumps
on one tape and you want to restore from the fourth dump, you need to do:

    # mt -f /dev/nrmt0h fsf 3

Before the restore.

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