problem with 8mm EXABYTE tape drive tar transfers

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1 total messages Started by Sundar Narasimhan Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:00

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Author: Sundar Narasimhan
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:00

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Hi, I frequently need to transfer files/data between sparcs
and an R3K. Both have 8mm Exabyte tape drives. I use tar
with the default block sizes on both sides. Using the noswap
device on the R3K seems to make the transfer work.

I never have problems going from R3K to Sparcs. Going Sparc->R3K 
however, sometimes I get a "Please mount next tape and hit <Return>"
message on the R3K, followed by a tape error. When this happens
usually I also lose data near the end which seems to vary in size.

Any one else run into this?

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