Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:17:24 -0800 From: eblood@winky.reno.nv.us (Eric Blood) To: "Philippe Charnier" <charnier@lirmm.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: tape Sun -> FreeBSD Message-ID: <199501142140.NAA01660@heather.greatbasin.com>
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>Hello, > >I would like to make a tape on a Sun and restore it on FreeBSD, I tried: > >tar cvf /dev/rst0 on Sun >tar xvf /dev/rst0 on FreeBSD but It didn't work. > >Note that the following is ok: >tar cvf /dev/rst0 on FreeBSD >tar xvf /dev/rst0 on FreeBSD You might try a low density device when creating the tape. This is using Solaris 2.3 on a new Archive 4mm to a FreeBSD machine with an old Archive Python drive: tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0lb <--- Solaris for tape drive 0, low density, BSD EVB
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