Re: [Dump-users] Restore of a dump -- empty directory?!?!?!

[Stelian P. <st...@po...>]

Le mercredi 08 juin 2005 =C3=A0 11:11 -0400, Bryan Dina a =C3=A9crit :
> I am trying to restore a file from a nightly tape backup (level 0).  I
> load the tape into the drive, and fire up restore using:
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> # restore -i -f /dev/st0
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> I then move to the directory where the file resides, and add it to my
> restore queue:
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> restore > cd fo2
> restore > ls
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> restore > ls
> ./fo2
> etc-06-02-2005.tar.gz   logs-04-24-2005.tar.gz  logs-09-12-2004.tar.gz
> homes-06-02-2005.tar.gz logs-05-01-2005.tar.gz  logs-09-19-2004.tar.gz
> logs-01-02-2005.tar.gz  logs-05-08-2005.tar.gz  logs-09-26-2004.tar.gz
> logs-01-09-2005.tar.gz  logs-05-15-2005.tar.gz  logs-10-03-2004.tar.gz
> logs-01-16-2005.tar.gz  logs-05-22-2005.tar.gz  logs-10-10-2004.tar.gz
> logs-01-23-2005.tar.gz  logs-05-29-2005.tar.gz  logs-10-17-2004.tar.gz
> logs-01-30-2005.tar.gz  logs-06-20-2004.tar.gz  logs-10-24-2004.tar.gz
> logs-02-06-2005.tar.gz  logs-06-27-2004.tar.gz  logs-10-31-2004.tar.gz
> logs-02-13-2005.tar.gz  logs-07-04-2004.tar.gz  logs-11-07-2004.tar.gz
> logs-02-20-2005.tar.gz  logs-07-11-2004.tar.gz  logs-11-19-2004.tar.gz
> logs-02-27-2005.tar.gz  logs-07-18-2004.tar.gz  logs-11-21-2004.tar.gz
> logs-03-06-2005.tar.gz  logs-07-25-2004.tar.gz  logs-11-28-2004.tar.gz
> logs-03-13-2005.tar.gz  logs-08-01-2004.tar.gz  logs-12-05-2004.tar.gz
> logs-03-20-2005.tar.gz  logs-08-08-2004.tar.gz  logs-12-12-2004.tar.gz
> logs-03-27-2005.tar.gz  logs-08-15-2004.tar.gz  logs-12-19-2004.tar.gz
> logs-04-03-2005.tar.gz  logs-08-22-2004.tar.gz  logs-12-26-2004.tar.gz
> logs-04-10-2005.tar.gz  logs-08-29-2004.tar.gz  www-06-02-2005.tar.gz
> logs-04-17-2005.tar.gz  logs-09-05-2004.tar.gz
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> restore > add www-06-02-2005.tar.gz
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> Then I extract:
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> restore > extract
> You have not read any volumes yet.
> Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start
> with the last volume and work towards the first.
> Specify next volume # (none if no more volumes): 1
> Mount volume 1
> Enter ``none'' if there are no more volumes
> otherwise enter volume name (default: /dev/st0)=20
> resync restore, skipped 251 blocks
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> When the restore finishes, I am left with an empty directory fo2
> underneath my home directory (for root).  Please help!!

Are there any other messages from restore ?

Was this a multi-volume dump ?

Does restore -r (full restore) work ?

Stelian.
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Stelian Pop <st...@po...>