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Subject: Re:  Can't read this stupid DAT tape - ARGH!
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>Anyone familar enough with DAT drives to know what an extended-sense      
>return of 0x20 (SSD_ILI) means?  I'm trying to read a DAT from SGI and         
>the driver returns this code, printing it as `st0: 262144-byte record too big' 
>on my console.  I've just been given a source license for SGI's InPerson       
>video teleconferencing software (which I'd like to port) but I can't read     
>the friggin' tape!  Argh! :-(
>
>Any pointers appreciated.  I've tried every conceivable blocksize with dd
>(and mt) with no luck.                           

Might this be a DDS-2 tape (high density recording) trying to be read by
a DDS-1 tape drive?

Gary