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7. If you have a remote (network) tape device, when no tape device is found, or when
you answered “No” to the question in the previous bullet, you see this message:
Remote or local restore ([r]emote, [l]ocal):
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If you answer “remote,” you have chosen to restore from the network and you
are then asked to enter the following information
:
– the hostname of the remote system
– the name of the tape device on the remote system
– the IP address of the remote system
– the IP address of your system.
The IP address must consist of two to four numbers, separated by periods, such
as 192.0.2.1
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If you answer “local,” you have chosen a tape device that is connected to your
system, and you are then asked to enter the name of the tape device.
8. When you see the following message, remove the CD-ROM, insert your most recent
full backup tape, then press
<Enter>
.
Insert the first backup tape in the drive, then press <Enter>,
[q]uit (from recovery), [r]estart:
9. There is a pause while the program retrieves several files from the tape describing
the system state at the time the backup was made. Then you see this message:
Erase /x filesystem and make new one (y,n)? [n]
where x is the file system. It prompts you for every file system that was known at
the time of the backup.
Answer by typing either
y
or
n
.
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If you answer no to this question, the system tries to salvage as many files as
possible, then it uses your backup tape to replace the files it could not salvage.
Usually you should answer
n
for no, especially if your backup tape is not very
recent. If the file systems were badly damaged, or the backup was from a
different level operating system, you may need to answer yes.
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If you answer yes to this question, the system erases the file system and copies
everything from your backup tape to the disk. The system loses any
information on that filesystem that you created between now and when you
made your backup tape.
