[TriLUG] retrieving tar backups from solaris 8mm drives

[Andrew Perrin]

I would think tar should be tar - what happens when you do:

tar tvf /dev/nst0

with the dape in the drive?

ap

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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:

> Hi,
>       I have a cooperator with tar backups on 8mm tapes ( 4-8GB) written
> under solaris (Sparc10-20?).  Is there any way of reading these tapes with
> tar on an 8mm (4-8GB) drive on a linux-x86 system?
> Doug Newcomb
> USFWS
> Raleigh, NC
> 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
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