Re: mt setblk fails

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

debian-user-request@lists.debian.org writes:

> I am trying to read data from a DAT tape written on a foreign
> machine (probably a Sun).  I use dd to read from it, but invariably
> get 0 blocks.
> 
> I am able to read a tape written by a SCO machine, but the SCO machine cannot
> read a tape I write.
> 
> Following the SCSI HOWTO, I tried changing the hardware block size
> with `mt setblk 0'.  Any use of `mt setblk' always gives an I/O
> error.

Try the mt-dds command from the dds2tar package.  Maybe that command
will help here.

BTW: The 2 in dds2tar means to, not DDS2.

        Torsten

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