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From: cynthia@cod.NOSC.MIL (Cynthia G. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Apollo-Sun cartridge tape reading thru tar?
Keywords: sun, apollo, tar, cartridge tape
Message-ID: <1559@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 14 Jun 89 15:57:32 GMT
Reply-To: cynthia@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Cynthia G. Anderson)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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	hello.
	my problem is two-fold.
	question 1: for the apollo folks--
		I'm trying to get the tar command to read a
		cartridge tape of mine.  the tape was made using
		wbak and has a single file on it.  to get a listing
		I type:   (in c-shell) tar tbf 1 /dev/rct8
		what I get is an error " tar: directory checksum error
		(0 != 10459) ".
		I don't understand exactly what I'm doing wrong?
		any ideas?
	question 2: for both apollo and sun people--
		I want to be able to write a cartridge tape
		so that either the a sun-3 or 4 OR an apollo
		DN 3010 can read it.  I've been told it's possible
		using tar and some sort of particular format forced
		on the tape; but I haven't found anyone here who
		really knows how to do it.
		help?

	thanks so much for any and all suggestions...

	cynthia anderson
	cynthia@cod.nosc.mil
	Naval Oceans Systems Center
	San Diego, CA 92152
	(619) 553 - 2338
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