Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:39:26 +0100 From: FreeBSD@hm.homeip.net To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reading SGI backup tapes on FreeBSD Message-ID: <OFA470A4BD.246F5EA3-ONC1256B02.006B6051@use.ch>
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Hi Bill, well first of all I think besides of the physical problems (drive calibration et al), there is also something to else to be considered : bit-order. The SGI machines use a different format of the internal handling of a byte (big-endian vs little-endian). If you can manage try to dump the tape onto your harddrive using 'dd' and convert the data stream (option conv=swab; yes swab no typo ;-)) - Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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