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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Reading a tape created with vadmin WITHOUT using vadmin?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov6.014312.14604@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 05:58:53 GMT
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- In <1992Nov6.014312.14604@netcom.com> jchauvin@netcom.com (John H. Chauvin) writes:
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- | I have been using the vadmin tool to backup my home directories using a 8mm
- | internal tape drive. Can someone tell me how to obtain a list of the files
- | on a tape created with vadmin WITHOUT using the vadmin tool. Can I extract
- | files without using vadmin?
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- Yes, it is just a bru tape with a customized label, and some special
- files at the beginning of the tape. Look at /usr/sbin/Backup, and
- Restore. To get *all* the nitty gritty, boot a miniroot, and look
- at /etc/restore, a long, overly involved, shell script.
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- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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