Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:08:01 -0400 From: Gary Algier <gaa@dgms.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TAR command from SGI ws to BSD Message-ID: <35D87F91.D13CBD31@dgms.com> References: <35D051EF.4F56@lmms.lmco.com>
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owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:
>
> I downloaded some Fortran source code (VAX) from 6250 bpi tape to a
> Silicon Graphics UNIX workstation. I then tar'd the contents of the SGI
> hard drive onto 4mm DAT. I took the DAT to my BSD box at home and
> attempted to read the tape with tar -x. I get a message that BSD can't
> recognize the format. Do I need to reorder the byte order to read the
The problem is a very fundimental one that you may not be able to fix on
the FreeBSD end. SGI tar uses block sizes > 64Kbytes. FreeBSD is limited
to 63Kbyte blocks. If you still have access to the SGI W/S, remake the
tape with a shorter blocksize. If not, you loose until FreeBSD raises
the limit.
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