From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 20 08:50:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA07487 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:50:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-15.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.115]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA07482 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:50:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA13065; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:49:52 -0400 Message-Id: <199608201549.LAA13065@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 From: Branson Matheson To: "Kenneth D. Fallot" cc: questions@freebsd.org, kdfallot@nyseg.com Subject: Re: tar to scsi tape ( freebsd to other unix ) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:26:37 EDT." <3219D92D.794BDF32@ecc.nyseg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:49:52 -0400 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- "Kenneth D. Fallot" uttered with conviction: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--------------1CFBAE3959E2B60015FB7483 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I am having trouble with using tar.. > > If I create a tar tape ( scsi ) on any of my freebsd boxes I get a > I/O error when trying to read tape on another unix os I have some > UnixWare and Linux boxes which both give me grief attached is a copy > of dmesg output to show my dat tape model and other neat info .... > > please help .. Is this supposed to work ????? Interesting, I do this regularly. What command are you using to save to the tape/get from the tape? One thing that might help is to use a known blocksize. Some unixs have different ideas about blocksize. Also somthing to look at is byte swapping. you can use dd to get around this problem with the swab command. -branson -- ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?