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- From: xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair)
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- Subject: Re: moving tar file on DAT (4mm) tape between HP and SGI???
- Summary: SGI and swab tapes
- Keywords: DAT DDS SGI HP
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- Date: 24 Jul 92 01:26:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.182530.19630@news.eng.convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
- >Byte-order foo. dd conv=swab it off the tape, piped through tar.
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- This can be sloooow. Look for a device driver on the SGI for your
- device that ends in ns which is SGI parlance means "no-swap". Much
- faster than dd. By the by, this works for 8mm tapes too...
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- Tony Burzio
- Arete Associates
- San Diego, CA
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