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From: les AT MCS DOT COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: aspitar problem with DAT
Date: 10 Jun 1995 02:39:25 -0500
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References: <MIKEB DOT 95Jun6084103 AT dev1 DOT ssd DOT fsi DOT com>
Keywords: ASPI,tar,Ultrastor,DAT,medium error
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In article <MIKEB DOT 95Jun6084103 AT dev1 DOT ssd DOT fsi DOT com>,
Mike Bates <mikeb AT ssd DOT fsi DOT com> wrote:
>I recently downloaded and installed aspitar and have had no success so
>far either writing to tape or reading a tape written by a Unix system.
>The commands and the result:
>
>   C:\> SET TAPEID=0:3:0
>   C:\> tar -tvf /dev/ct
>
>   aspiread: errno: -16
>
>-16 translates to a "MEDIUM ERROR", which I understand to mean that
>the drive has encountered End Of Partition.  (Yes, the tape does have
>data on it.  I verified it on a Unix system.)

Most of the DOS tar versions will not handle DAT or 8mm drives where
the physical record size matters.  Try the one in:
ftp.mcs.com:/mscnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/.

Les Mikesell
  les AT mcs DOT com