Reading and writing SCO DAT tapes using Linux

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Hi, Guys.

I've been trying to read and write SCO DAT tapes to my Linux
hard disk. I'm using RedHat 6.0 because it is the only version
that has device drivers for my SCSI host adapter and SCSI tape
drive.

When I run the command "cpio -ivt > /dev/st0" I can read the
archive from the SCO DAT tape, but when I try to write to the hard disk from the tape device the processes either hangs or returns the following output:

cpio: warning: skipped 50935378 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 3551 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 25774 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 10757bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 11251 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 38043 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 2326 bytes of junk

The restore command I'm running is "cpio
idcmv /wicprod/REC1.sql < /dev/st0

I have tested cpio commands from my Linux machine itself and
everything worked properly. Any help from you guys will be greatly appreciated.