[CLUE-Tech] Help w/SCSI tape problem?

[David Anselmi]

Jim Ockers wrote:
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> 
> I don't think you have to use dd to specify the blocksize, since it's
> generally worked for me (albeit slowly) just using whatever the default
> blocksize is.  Also you don't have to use dd, why not just use tar?  After
> all tar is the Tape ARchive program.  Perhaps your forcing of the blocksize
> is causing something to omit a few bits of data that are outside a block
> boundary, or something.

Perhaps you should add conv=sync to your dd command.  Just a guess.

Dave