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From: knosp@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Boyd Knosp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: SGI tape reading on a SUN
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Date: 23 Mar 90 22:16:17 GMT
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 Has anyone tried to read SGI tapes on a SUN?  I have an SG with
high density tape drive (QIC-150?) and a friend of mine would like
to read tapes from it on a SUN.  Is it possible using a combination
of 'dd' and 'tar' (I read SUN tapes this way)? Also what hardware
is needed on the SUN (ie does the SUN need a special QIC-xxx tape
drive)?  I would appreciate hearing the hows and whys of this problem.

Thanks in advance...

Boyd Knosp
Email:knosp@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu