Is this an MPX image that you are trying to restore 
with GNU tar?

When you Multiplex, you lose the tar compatible 
header.  the images however, can be de-multiplexed by 
using bpduplicate to duplicate those images to another 
piece of media.

David

Quoting MarkHall AT halifax.co DOT uk:

> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to perform a restore using gnu tar I can 
see the header which
> has
> just the media id in it. When I try to restore I get 
the following message
> and no data returned
> 
> tar -tvf /dev/rmt/1n
> Blocksize = 2 records
> Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive
> Skipping to next header
> 
> I try this again with the same results
> 
> 
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