Subject: Re: Reading a Solaris SPARC V2.6 tar tape on a NetBSD 1.3.3/i386 box
To: Scott R. Burns <Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>
From: David Wetzel <dave@turbocat.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/09/1999 19:31:00
> From: "Scott R. Burns" <<Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>
> I have a DDS-2 DAT tape created on a Solaris V2.6.x box using a Sun DAT
> drive using Sun's tar. I am using:
>
> HP 24x6 drive using Tar under V1.3.3/i386
If I where you I would use gnu tar.
If that does not work, try to create the tar on the hard disk and dd it to
the tape.
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On the NetBSD box, dd it to disk and untar.
That worked on Irix as I were a student....
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