Multivolume Gnu tar bogosity .. Heeeeeelp !!

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1 total messages Started by Charles Roten Tue, 01 Sep 1992 16:48

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Author: Charles Roten
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 16:48

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Gnu tar has a real problem when it 

1) creates a multivolume archive on 3 1/2" floppies on an Ultrix 
   workstation, and then

2) reads this archive on a Sun.  

When reading, 

    tar xvMf /dev/fd0c

reads the first floppy *perfectly*.  Then, as expected, I get the prompt 

    Prepare volume #2 and hit return  

But when I pop the second floppy in, I *always* get the error  

    tar: this volume is out of sequence  

This happens even with two-volume archives, where the floppy disk cases 
are different *colors*, so as to make the order *completely* unambiguous.  

Can someone tell me what is going on ?  Please ?!?  

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