Re: [Help-tar] What is wrong with tar with magnetic tapes ?

[Paul Eggert]

Luiz Emediato wrote:
> What is wrong ?

Sounds like either your tape has gone bad, or your tape driver; the fact that 
old versions of 'tar' work suggest that it's not due to any change in 'tar'. I 
suggest copying the tape with 'dd' and inspecting its bytes. You'll probably 
need to get the blocksize write, as a 'dd' option.