Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 14:02:05 -0500 From: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net> To: "Mikel King" <mikel@ocsinternet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Compaq DAT tape drive Message-ID: <019701c0984a$f457f1e0$0200000a@windows> References: <013701c09841$f57b0430$0200000a@windows> <3A8D7892.578A99F9@ocsinternet.com>
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I got the drive working, finally.. It was of course a kernel problem! Evidently this tape was made with some Seagate utility so I've been unsuccessful in reading anything on it thus far.. Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated. -Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikel King" <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Compaq DAT tape drive > Try this...slap a tape in the drive, then type: tar czp /etc > > You will know in short order if the drive is functional...;) > > cheers, > mikel > > Mitch Vincent wrote: > > > I have an older Compaq Proliant server (I'm not sure of the model exactly) > > and I need to read some information off of the tape that in it's tape drive > > (as far as I can tell the tape drive is a Compaq DAT 8/12 gig SCSI tape > > drive).. I have all the SCSI support enabled in the kernel yet on boot I > > can't see anything about the tape drive. Should I ? If so, I'm not, what > > might be the problem? It's plugged in and I see it in the BIOS when the > > machine boots so I know it's hooked up correctly.. Is there some trick to > > getting FreeBSD to see this drive so I can access it? > > > > If someone could drop me a note directly in addition to the list it would be > > greatly appreciated! > > > > Thanks!! > > > > -Mitch > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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