> 1 1/sequential removable
> 
> Apr 12 08:57:36 dakkon /netbsd: st0: bad request, must be multiple of 512
> 
>     <Does this mean I have to specify something with blocking???>

try mt setblk 0 and -b64 for tar
 
> simmons@darykon[28]% tar cvzf /dev/nrst0
> ...
> 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
> 
> 

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