Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!psuvax1!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!vela!schemers
From: schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: dumps
Summary: thanks
Keywords: /dev/nrtm0h, mt, dump, restore
Message-ID: <3871@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 03:06:09 GMT
References: <3856@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1990Nov14.201711.23375@cs.utk.edu>
Reply-To: schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Roland Schemers III)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI
Lines: 20

>
>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
>

Thanks for all who responded. It turns out I had it right all along. 
The problem was I didn't think it was working because I was trying
it on the TZ30 in my VAXstation 3140. When I did the 'mt fsf' command
the tape did nothing. Even though the tape didn't move when I did
the 'mt fsf' command it must have queued it up because when I tried
a restore it did move it to the correct location.

Roland
-- 
Roland J. Schemers III                              Systems Programmer 
schemers@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Ultrix)              Oakland University 
schemers@argo.acs.oakland.edu (VMS)                 Rochester, MI 48309-4401
~Disclaimer::Disclaimer() { reboot(RB_HALT); }      (313)-370-4323