Tarring to an Exabyte 8mm on SunOS 4.1.3

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From: Matthew W. Culbreth
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 19:42

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Hello,

I've got a SparcClassic running SunOS 4.1.3.  I have an Exabyte 8mm 5GIG
tape drive on it.

I'm trying to tar 17 meg files to this tape drive.  I tar one, then
later I try to add another to the end of the tape.

I type:  tar rvf /dev/rst8 file

I get a "Vendor (Exabyte EXB-8500 8mm Helical Scan) Unique Error Code: 0x50" 
error back from the tape.  I get an I/O error from tar.

Do any of y'all have any idea why I can't add to this archive on the
tape?

I REALLY appreciate any help!!!

Matt

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