Reading 9-track tapes in Linux

[Dennis Boone]

 > However, if I try to READ a file, and I've tried this with dd and
 > Eric Smith's tapedump utility and whatnot, it always returns with
 > 0 files read.  It apparently sees the file marks as it will say its
 > reading file 1, file 2, etc., but it never actually dumps anything.
 > 
 > I've tried the multiple tapes at multiple densities and they are
 > tapes I've read before on another system.

Any idea what block size was used to write the tapes?  Any relevant
messages in the kernel log (i.e. output of "dmesg")?  Which /dev/device
are you using to access the drive?  What's the dd command you're using?

 > WTF???

Sounds like _my_ life. :-)

De