tar tape incompatabilities

[bzs%bostonu.csnet at csnet-relay.arpa]

Ugh, this keeps coming up, the 3B cannot handle the default large
blocksize of Tar, the tape has to be written with a smaller
blocking factor (re-written) on the Vax, like:

	tar cbf 5 /dev/rmt12 .

for a blocking factor of 5 which should work fine. It's hardware
(a really dumb tape controller on the 3B) so I believe there is
no real way around it other than re-writing the tape.)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University