Preparing the dump tape

You need to rewind the tape, and find the correct position on the tape to start copying from.

About this task

Use the mt tool to manipulate the tape.

Procedure

  1. Rewind the tape.
    For example:
    # mt -f /dev/ntibm0 rewind
  2. Skip the first file on the tape (this file is the dump tool itself).

    For example:

    # mt -f /dev/ntibm0 fsf