I've added ICODE tags to your text to make the command and output clearer like this:-
Quote:
I entered: [ICODE]tar -tvm /dev/rmt/0m[/ICODE] the system returned: [ICODE]Tar: tape read error[/ICODE]
Do you actually mean the command:
tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0m instead? I would think that the
m flag would error anyway. This would suggest that it is not a
tar format tape. What install instructions do you have? There is probably a clue in there. Maybe it's just extracting an installer script that we can then examine. What do you have from the supplier?
Robin