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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:26:14 -0700
From: Lior Elazary <elazary@netlimited.net>
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Hello, 
	I have a HP T4000s tape backup which I am trying to run.
	The device st0 is recodnize but when I run dump 0 /dev/rst0
	I get this:
	DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Fri Nov 15 11:05:42 1996
  	DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  	DUMP: Dumping /dev/rst0 to /dev/rmt8
  	DUMP: bad sblock magic number
  	DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
	Or if I type tar cf * 
	I get:
	tar: can't write to /dev/rst0 : Input/output error

	Do I need to format the tape? If so how do I do that.
	Please help me.
		Thank you, 
			Lior Elazary
			elazary@netlimited.net