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Article #56037Re: DAT tape compatibility with SUN/SGI
From: Craig McFarlane
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:00
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I have the exact same DAT on my linux system, and I have to exchange tapes
with a Sparc SunOS machine at another site. Tapes from the Sun can be read
on linux with a:
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 0
^
|
<insert your drive no. here>
works like a treat. Once done, you can just un-tar the tape normally.
cya
Craig.
>acalcraf@gil.com.au (Andy Calcraft) writes:
>
>
>> I've been hoping to use Linux, hooked to a Sony SDT-5000 tape drive to
>> read and write UNIX tar tapes without success.
>>
>> We're finding that that we cannot either read nor write a tape from/to
>> Linux.
>>
>> Is this a known problem? Any known fixes?
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