How to determine block size of a tape device when its not known?
Issue
- How to find out the block size of a tape device using dd in RHEL 7?
- How to determine block size of a tape device when its not known (and tar cannot read from tape) ?
- Tar command fails on tape device with error:
this is not a tar device?
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 7
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