Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:08:01 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Mike Alich <mike@cyber-com.net> Subject: Re: Tape Drive Message-ID: <199803190108.TAA17079@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Alich <mike@cyber-com.net> of "Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:06:36 EST." <3510456C.2E20D561@cyber-com.net>
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Mike Alich writes: > HELP! > > I have installed a new DAT drive. The systems detected it as the > Archive Python and is it recognized at "st0". What exactly is the > "st0" I can not find it in my /dev directory. > > What command do I need to do to access this drive? I have tried "mt -f > /dev/st0ctl.0 status" and that is the only thing that works. I can't > seem to get the "mt" command to rewind or erase the drive. Can you help > my to identify the correct device to talk with the drive? Its /dev/*st0*. "man st" will tell you all about the st (SCSI Tape) driver, including a list of its /dev devices. If you don't have any other tape drives then the default tape device for most commands will be correct. At least it is for tar and mt. "mt stat" all by itself should work, using /dev/nrst0. Tar uses /dev/rst0, as does dump. At least that's what their man pages say. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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