From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 23 18:24:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA15312 for current-outgoing; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:24:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA15288 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:24:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id SAA07193; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:23:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) by whistle.com via smap (V1.3) id sma007191; Fri Aug 23 18:22:53 1996 Message-ID: <321E5933.102F11D5@whistle.com> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:21:55 -0700 From: Julian Elischer Organization: Whistle Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bora Akyol CC: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help on block size in tar References: <199608240026.RAA00691@wireless.Stanford.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bora Akyol wrote: > > Hi > > What is the default blocksize of tar on FreeBSD, I have made a tape > on a freebsd system and now cannot read it on a linux system. It complains > about block size not being right. > > I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THIS since I am in a bind. it may be more complicated... it might be teh TAPE DRIVE complaining... what kind of drive..? post the results of a "mt status" on both systems read st(4) and mt(1) > > Thanks > > Bora