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12-20-2000

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Originally posted by PxT
Try fast-forwarding through the tape with the 'mt' command.
Something like:

mt -f /dev/rmt0n fsf 1

Will fast-forward the tape by one set. Then you could try your tar command again when you get to the appropriate place in the tape.

Make sure you are using the "no-rewind" version of the tape device. See the mt man page for more info.

HTH

I tried the mt command and when I displayed the table of contents, it was information from the first save set again. I also tried to tar -xvf the directory I needed, but again it ran for a few minutes but did not restore anything that I needed from the tape. I need to go 15 save sets into the tape. Does that matter? I don't have man pages available here, what is the "no-rewind" version?

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