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From: parker@epiwrl.epi.com (Alan Parker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: HP-UX tar tape unreadable by SunOS
Keywords: SunOS
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Date: 18 Jun 89 04:03:09 GMT
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>I have a tar tape created under HP-UX.  I want to read it onto a Sun
>(Sun-4 SunOS 4.0). Tar gives me I/O errors.

If the tape was made on an HP drive, forget it.  You cannot read this tape
on a Sun.  The low level format is different.    You need to find an HP on
a network with a Sun or one that has a nine track tape as well as the 1/4
inch cartridge (assuming that you can also find a Sun with a nine track
tape).