does it work if you remove the z option in tar. I have experience some
problems with my dds2 and dds3 when trying to apply gnuzip to the tar
archive. I have a ultrix with a tk50 i can do some research in this area
later and tell how it reacts to the option z in tar.

Mvh Mats Pettersson

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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Fazekas Mihaly wrote:

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> I'm searching a people, who use TK50 with tar
> My problem: with dd: i can write data to the tape.
> With tar: the system is writing a lot of error messages.
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> the dd command: dd if=3D<real file> of=3D/dev/rmt0
> the tar command: tar --preserve -zcvf /dev/mt0 /usr/include/sys/
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> the dd command ended succesfull, the tar command report error.
> (data error, bad ioct 9, bad ioct 8,....)
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> working: mt -f /dev/mt0 rewind
> NOT working: mt -f /dev/mt0 erase
> (NOT working if use rmt0 too)
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> Under VMS, the command is working: INIT MUA0: /ERASE
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> Please, help me!
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