Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:47:30 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Courvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help with Tape Drive Message-ID: <20010117094730.A3406@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010117181924.A18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>; from wash@iconnect.co.ke on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:19:24PM %2B0300 References: <20010117181924.A18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:19:24PM +0300, Courvette wrote: > Hello Pals, > Someone can help me with this one. After an upgrade to 4.2-STABLE from > 3.5-STABLE I am unable to use my tape drive -and consequently can't do > backups - we all know how serious that is.... > > I am in a dilemna:: > > wash:~$ mt status > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured That's normal if there is not a tape in the drive. > +++++ > wash:~$ cd /dev/ > wash:/dev$ ls -al *sa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 ersa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 esa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nrsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 rsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 sa0 > wash:/dev$ But what does dmesg say about sa0? Something like this? sa0 at sym0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 sa0: <ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 4.CM> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 15) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@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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