> > 
> >     <Does this mean I have to specify something with blocking???>
> > 
> > simmons@darykon[28]% tar cvzf /dev/nrst0
> 			     ^ This gives variable block length on output, the
> 			       streamer accepts writes with a length of n*512 (fixed blocks).


tar -b<block size> -czvf gives fixed block size

> > ...
> > NetBSD-1.0/usr.local/local.bin.ak.tar.gz
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/CKSUMS
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/README
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_00
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_01
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_02
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_03
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_04
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_05
> > NetBSD-1.0/patches/patch_06
> > NetBSD-1.0/com/
> > NetBSD-1.0/com/com.c.9a
> > NetBSD-1.0/com/com.patch
> > NetBSD-1.0/com/com.patch.2
> > NetBSD-1.0/com/compatch
> > NetBSD-1.0/security/
> > NetBSD-1.0/security/CKSUMS
> > NetBSD-1.0/security/README.export-control
> > NetBSD-1.0/security/secr10.aa
> > simmons@dakkon[29]% tar (child): can't write to /dev/nrst0 : Input/output error
> > 
> > Gerry Simmons
> > gerry@darykon.cet.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Juergen Hannken-Illjes - hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de - TU Braunschweig (Germany)
> 

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