bin/106973: 'tar' cannot read own tape, but 'pax' can

[mjacob at freebsd.org]

The following reply was made to PR bin/106973; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mjacob at freebsd.org
To: Bernd Luevelsmeyer <bdluevel at heitec.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/106973: 'tar' cannot read own tape, but 'pax' can
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:50:56 -0800 (PST)

 Try using tar with a specified blocksize that's equal to the underlying 
 h/w blocksize on the tape.