Imaging a Tape

In article <51378211.7060200 at sydex.com>, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> writes: So what do you recommend instead of dd? Also, this discussion hasn't yet specifically stated, but I assume we're talking about 9-track tapes here. Do the same issues apply to QIC DC300 tapes? What about DC100 (mini-QIC) tapes? For the latter, it seems that the specific device (HP 264x is all I can think of at the moment) defined the block size and other tape parameters. Not sure about the tapes used in Tektronix 405x and QIC SCSI tape drives that were commonly used in unix workstations in the 80s and 90s. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>