>root@bast:~# dd if=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target15/lun0/mtn bs=32k of=/tmp/first-record 
>count=1
>0+1 records in
>0+1 records out
>root@bast:~# mt -f /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target15/lun0/mtn rewind
>root@bast:~# dd if=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target15/lun0/mtn bs=32k of=/tmp/first-file
>0+7 records in
>0+7 records out
>root@bast:~# ls -la /tmp/first-*
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        32768 Feb  9 14:44 /tmp/first-file
>-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        32768 Feb  9 14:43 /tmp/first-record

This is odd.  The output from dd about record counts does not match the
final size of the files.

Could you try this again and make sure you remove the /tmp files first.
Also, try it with bs=64k.

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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