Base systems and peripherals for Iris computers

Re: Can't read 4mm Dat tape

Michael Orlando wrote:
> The 4mm Dat tape was created on an Onyx (Irix 6.2) using tar.  When I
> try to read the tape on an O2 (Irix 6.5) machine is get the error:
>     tar: tape premature EOF; may need to use -b option.
> Tried every key value combination with tar but nothing worked.  I can
> write a tar tape on the O2, and the Onyx can read it.  Just doesn’t
> seem to work the other way.

> Any ideas.  Thanks.
> Michael

Can the O2 read any other tapes? Can it read tapes that it has written?

It may be a head alignment problem. I ran into a DAT tape issue like
this before with audio information on a professional audio deck.
Calibration may be necesssary.

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