From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 17 12:10:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25232 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:10:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from garnet.dgms.com (garnet.dgms.com [206.67.30.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25149 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gaa@dgms.com) Received: from dgms.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by garnet.dgms.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA26517 for ; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:08:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gaa@dgms.com) Message-ID: <35D87F91.D13CBD31@dgms.com> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:08:01 -0400 From: Gary Algier X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TAR command from SGI ws to BSD References: <35D051EF.4F56@lmms.lmco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Gary Algier, WB2FWZ gary.algier@dgms.com +1 609 608 2758 DGM&S Telecom, 1025 Briggs Rd, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 Fax:+1 609 866 8850 Paul Petzoldt on the renaming of Mount Washington: "I Call it the New England Booby Trap. We see Ph.D.'s from private schools taking kids up there in shorts. People die like flies up there!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message