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On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 04:18:14PM +0200, Avrahami, David
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > My problem is transfer files from Alpha Tru64 4.0d and Linux 6.2 (kernel
| 2.
| > 2.16) through DAT 4mm tapes by tar command.
| > It fails with error "Incorrect block size".
| > reverse action works fine for me!!!
|
| Figure out what block size was used on thr alpha, and specify that block
| size on the linux box. Or just specify a block size while tarring on the
| alpha and use it when you untar too.
| Well, It does not work with or without specifying block size!!!
| This problem is caused by something else than block size incompatibility,but
| what?!!!
Well, some tape drives byte swap - certainly used to be a common problem on IRIX.
Try
dd if=/dev/the-tape-device bs=the-block-size conv=swab | tar tvf -
and see what it says. And also without the "conv=swab" option.
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