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Message-ID: <3219E9ED.798C@wincom.net> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:38:05 -0400 From: Greg BNurton <southtec@wincom.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Exabyte Exb4200S 4mm DAT probelms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.151.253.13 Lines: 14 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!alpha.sky.net!winternet.com!mr.net!newshub.tc.umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!philabs!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!eclipse.wincom.net! I have a Exabyte Exb4200S 4mm DAT external tape drive connected via SCSI to an SGI Indigo2. Most of the time I cannot read tapes written by other systems or even by and SGI computer with a differnet brand tape drive. Also, tapes that I write are sometimes unreadable on other systmes. I think I've narrowed the problem to incompatible blocking factors. Does anyone know of a command (either "dd" or "tar") that I can use to overcome this? Please respond; desperation has set in. Greg Burton Southtech Inc. 2000 Fasan Dr. Box 74 Windsor, ON Canada BM