[Info-vax] Backup TK50 tapes

[Dennis Boone]

 > While i'm sure there are more modern utilities to copy tapes, providing
 > you know the block structure of the tape, dd should copy it verbatim,
 > even if you have to write a script to read it block by block.

NO NO NO!

I love dd and all, but it THROWS AWAY BLOCK STRUCTURE and leaves you with
a byte stream.  The block structure is important on tapes.

Don't use dd to image tapes!

De