In article <199905120516.OAA27713@wunder.interq.net>,
	Joe HAYASHI <joeh@bytelux.com> writes:
> I found the key block size of IRIX DAT device is 512. So I tried some
> commands like below...
> 
> dd if=/dev/rst0 ibs=512b of=- obs=20b conv=swab | tar -tvf -

That won't help probably. Try "mt -f /dev/rst0 blocksize 512".

	Regards

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