tar - versions?

[cdlcruz at sonic.net]

ME <dugan at passwall.com> said:

> Have you verified the contents of the tape on the SCO box to make sure the
> tape is not damaged and the data is really there?

Now my face is red - sort of an "is it plugged in?" thing - I took the tape
back to the SCO box and, sure enough, it wasn't readable.  I created a clean
tar, took it to Linux, and with no further fuss, extracted the files.

I have been fighting with incompatible hardware; finally switched SCSI cards
and got the machine to recognize and load both the card and the tape drive
(Seagate Python, BTW is a DAT drive). 
My next step will be to try and manipulate our old FoxBase stuff (yep, Version
1.1) in Recital and 
figure out how much (if any) of the old  programs I can salvage.  Having the
data on the Linux box is the first step.

Thanks to everyone for your help.  I'm certain I'll be back for more. <g>  

Catherine de la Cruz
Wyvern Restaurants, Inc
cdlcruz at sonic.net