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From: rees@MAILGW.CC.UMICH.EDU (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Domain/IX tar and /dev/rct8
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Date: 9 Sep 88 18:19:22 GMT
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Reply-To: rees@caen.engin.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
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    Why oh why doesn't tar work? Is this a SR9.7 type "feature" or do I have
    to do something totally un-unix-like to /dev/rct8 so that tar can open it?

You have to rewind the tape first, even if it's already rewound.  Use "rbak
-dev ct -rewind".  One of the (relatively few) big disappointments of sr10
is that tape is still mostly broken, although you can now use "mt rew" to
rewind.
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