Maybe you should take your time to read the manpage for "mt".
Also, check the "blocksize" configuration for your tape drive.
I'm not talking about cpio -C or dump -b or tar -b. I'm talking
about "mt setblk" and "blocksize" for stinit.
I'm quite familiar with mt's man page. I use 'setblk 0' for my
clients' backups... but for compatibility reasons, not for performance
ones. (Most OSes know about variable block size, BTW. Even SCO Open
Server.) I see no reason to turn Bowie's simple question into a "this is
really complicated" answer when it's not.
-Steve
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