I learned this trick from an old UNIX guru:
Run dd if=/dev/tape of=/tmp/tape.out count=64
(replace /dev/tape with what ever your tape device name is)
('count' and 'bs' (blocksize) could vary depending on how much data
you want to pull off the tape)
the run 'file /tmp/tape.out' this will let you know if the system can
read and identify the data.
One thing that may be important is the blocksize used.
See if 'mt' can show what the blocksize is of the data on the tape and then
maybe you can match it using 'mt' again.
--
Lars Nordin
Noble Systems Corporation
