>
> $mt -f norewind-tapedev fsf 30
> $dd if=norewind-tapedev bs=32k of=/direcory/with/lotsof/room/bigfile
>
> now
> $cd /directory/with/lotsof/room
> $dd if=bigfile bs=32k count=1
>

Just tried again with a different file and encountered the dreaded filesize
limit...

dd if=/dev/nst0 bs=32k of=/scratch/restore/xxxx_restore
dd: /scratch/restore/xxxx_restore: File too large
65536+0 records in
65535+0 records out
[operator@xxxx restore]$

any thoughts about getting around this one?

Tom