Subject: overwritten tape recovery
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/13/2003 15:38:00
Hi All

It is critical and unfortunate that my backup tape was overwritten. I 
have backup by using star 1.4.2 and have backup file in 5 blocks. 
However, now I have discovered that only the first 3 blocks are 
overwritten onto the media. But I need to recover from the tape for the 
last 2 blocks which with any luck will not be overwritten.

I have tried mt but withoug success.

mt -f /dev/nrst0 eom

with this I can cross over the EOD marker but I don't know how to 
recover the last 2 blocks.

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

David Kwok