Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:57:57 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: junk <junk@boxchat.net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting scsi tape drive Message-ID: <20040405205757.GA65486@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <1081198427.1470.2.camel@MyBox.BoxChat.net> References: <1081198427.1470.2.camel@MyBox.BoxChat.net>
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On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 15:53:48 -0500, junk wrote: > I am having a problem mounting a scsi tape drive. > The kernel sees it , but it wont mount. > > >From dmesg: > > sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 > sa0: <CONNER CTT8000-S 1.17> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device > sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 15) > > When i try to mount it: > > [root@cpr]/dev(184): mount /dev/sa0 /mnt/tape/ > mount: /dev/sa0: Block device required > > even tried: > [root@cpr]/dev(185): mount /dev/nsa0 /mnt/tape/ > mount: /dev/nsa0: Block device required You can't mount a tape drive like that. mount only works for disk devices with filesystems. > [root@cpr]/dev(186): mt rewind > mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument Do you have a tape in the drive? What happens when you type 'mt status'? Try this: camcontrol tur sa0 -v Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org
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