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Subject: Re: reading SGI backup tapes on FreeBSD
To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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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


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