input output error when reading tape drives with tar
Issue
- reading tapes created on different machines with tar results in "input output errors"
- tar: /dev/st0: Cannot read: Input/output error
Environment
- tape devices
- Solaris
- AIX
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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