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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:21:55 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Bora Akyol <akyol@wireless.Stanford.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help on block size in tar
Message-ID:  <321E5933.102F11D5@whistle.com>
References:  <199608240026.RAA00691@wireless.Stanford.EDU>

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Bora Akyol wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> What is the default blocksize of tar on FreeBSD, I have made a tape
> on a freebsd system and now cannot read it on a linux system. It complains
> about block size not being right.
> 
> I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THIS since I am in a bind.

it may be more complicated...
it might be teh TAPE DRIVE complaining...
what kind of drive..?
post the results of a "mt status"
on both systems

read st(4) and mt(1)



> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bora



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