I don't think it's possible.  The Sun writes 1/4" tapes in QIC format which
writes from the begining to the end.  The HP writes their own format which
writes in the opposite direction.  I know of no way to make either one read
or write the others format.

Dave

> Does anyone know how to cut tapes for a hp9144 off a sun 630mp running 
> solaris 2.4
> 
> I've tried tar xvf /dev/rmt/0l on the sun to write the info. Then When I stic
>       k 
> the tape in the 9144 it gets a fault and won't allow me to get anything
> off it. I'm using HP tapes preformatted for the 9144 (we have a whole box of
> them).