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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:7204 comp.unix.bsd:5326 comp.unix.internals:5256 comp.unix.sysv386:23894 comp.unix.ultrix:13842 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.ultrix Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!uunet!npt1!root From: root@npt1.uucp Subject: SCO Can't Read 8-mm Tape Written by Ultrix. Message-ID: <BusMMF.12I@npt1.uucp> Organization: Logicon, Middletown, RI Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 21:35:02 GMT Lines: 32 I need to transfer data via 8-mm tape (Exebyte 8800 drives on both systems) from an Ultrix 4.2A system to a SCO 3.4 system. So far, I have been unable to do so. I can run GNU tar or cpio on both ends so tar or cpio compatability is no problem. The problem seems to be at the driver level. If I try the following on the SCO side after making a tape with either cpio or tar on the Ultrix side: cat /dev/devicefile | more I get a "bad medium " error. From what I've been able to find out so far, Ultrix seems to use a fixed block size of 512 bytes and SCO a fixed block size of 10,240, but I'm not sure about either piece of information. For my next attempt, I'm going to try archiving to a file and then using dd to transfer to and from the tape (that way I hope I can control the block size), but since the two systems are 300 miles apart, the process is a little slow and I need to get this going as soon as possible. Has anyone out there ever managed to transfer data from Ultrix to SCO on 8-mm tape? I would also greatly appreciate any ideas as to what I might try next or any insights as to what the problem is. -- Dan White INTERNET: dan%npt1@uunet.uu.net Logicon UUCP: uunet!npt1!dan Middletown, RI (401) 846-7710