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- From: miket@teal.csn.org (Mike Tostanoski)
- Subject: Reading raw blocks from a 9-track tape
- Message-ID: <miket.726353064@teal>
- Summary: Need help reading raw blocks from SCSI 9-track tape drive.
- Keywords: tape 9-track
- Sender: news@csn.org (news)
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- Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:44:24 GMT
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- I have a Qualstar 3402 9-track tape drive on my system (4.0.5). I can use
- it from backup and tar just fine. I need, however, to read some tapes
- written by a foreign system. These tapes have variable block lengths and
- are not ANSI standard.
-
- I have been unable to open the tape in such a way as to allow reading the
- raw blocks from the tape. All I get is a zero record length returned from
- my read (i.e., an EOT).
-
- Is there someone out there that can point me in the right direction. I
- would certainly appreciate it.
-
- Thanks, Mike Tostanoski
-