Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 21:14:23 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Nathan Vidican" <webmaster@wmptl.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: unix tar for windows from DAT tape (was: unix tar for windows) Message-ID: <001f01c09bc5$2706e600$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200102201701.MAA96499@mail2.wmptl.com>
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tar98 from http://www.objectfusion.com/ will read and write tar tapes on Windows NT from a tapedrive on the NT system. Never used it, YMMV Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nathan Vidican > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 9:02 AM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: unix tar for windows from DAT tape (was: unix tar for windows) > > > We need to read a tar archive from a Seagate SCSI DAT, (DDS 24gig), > that was written using Sun Solaris/HPUX/SGI Irix, (obviously more than > one tape - point being they are all written using tar). Normally we > would un-tar these tapes from a sparcstation, using 'tar > xvf /dev/rmt/0mn', we would like to eventually utilize P.C.'s instead > of these machines. > Two possible solutions include a- running some sort of Unix system, > (FreeBSD or Solaris x86), on a dual-booting machine to un-tar the files > from a P.C., or b- find some sort of utility that will allow us to read > the tar-written tapes from Windows 95/Windows NT. > The latter of the two solutions is preferable, so just figured I'd > ask around to see if anyone knows of such a utility. We posted a > similar request earlier today, but all of the replies received thus far > are for utilities that will read tar files, (eg something.tar), which > is not what our intent was. > In short - need something to read unix tar DAT tapes from P.C. > > > -- > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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