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From: white@white.cs.unc.edu (Brian T. White)
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Subject: Re: copying catridge tapes on Suns
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Date: 19 Jul 89 17:13:52 GMT
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Nagesh Pabbisetty writes:
> 
> I have 2 Sun 4/110's connected by an ethernet. Each of the Suns has a
> catridge tape drive. I would like copy the contents of one catridge tape to
> another 'new' catridge tape. 
> 
> What is the best way to accomplish this "duplication" task?
> 

I would try this:

dd if=/dev/rst0 bs=126b | rsh othermachine dd of=/dev/rst0 bs=126b