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tar problem

When i type

paul @ MLG> tar xv
x 2DRPNL.IGS, 3977748 bytes, 7770 blocks
x 4DRPNL.IGS, 4411179 bytes, 8616 blocksChange tape and press the Enter key:
tar: tape read error: Not enough space
Change tape and press the Enter key:
tar: tape read error: Not enough space
Change tape and press the Enter key:
tar: tape read error: Not enough space
Change tape and press the Enter key:
paul @ MLG> ll
total 16378
-rw-r--r-- 1 paul user 3977748 Oct 30 09:49 2DRPNL.IGS
-rw-r--r-- 1 paul user 4407296 Nov 13 08:38 4DRPNL.IGS

As you see the last file is incomplete
After i type tar xv it says this in my console:

NOTICE: SCSI tape #1,4 blocksize mismatch; blocksize on tape is 10240 bytes

paul @ MLG> mt blksize

Recommended tape I/O size: 10240 bytes (20 512-byte blocks)
Minimum block size: 1 byte(s)
Maximum block size: 16777215 bytes
Current block size: 10240 byte(s)

I tried dd as well and that wouldn't work but i am no dd expert.
The tape drive is tps1d4. I am using an SGI with iris 5.3

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Taliesin

OOps....
wrong answer....
you must use

paul@MLG> tar xv 10240

that's all

onestar

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That does not work.

It says:

Change tape and press the Enter Key:
tar: tape read error: Not enough space

I don't get any files off.