cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (12/18/90)
In article <1990Dec16.205824.19311@sj.ate.slb.com> konath@sj.ate.slb.com () writes: >I then used Sun "tar" to store a few files on the tape and took it >back to my 386 but I found that I always got an IO read error. I >tried recording using cpio format but found that the Sun would read >the tape but when I used the Sun to store data, I could not read the >tape on my PC. The key may be the device that you use to write the tape. /dev/rst8 uses QIC-24 format while /dev/rst0 uses another format. Use /dev/rst8. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170