Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Problems with a munged tar tape Message-ID: <24358@rochester.ARPA> Date: Sat, 31-Jan-87 17:01:29 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.24358 Posted: Sat Jan 31 17:01:29 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Feb-87 15:47:17 EST References: Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 8 I would have mailed but I can't figure out your address. Try using mt to skip one file, then dd. It looks like somebody overwrote the first part of it. Some tape controllers have automatic density sensing so if you do any reads on it at all it will think a 1600 bpi tape was mounted. Ken