Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:01:26 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@Houston-InterWeb.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting a tape Message-ID: <19970923100126.31301@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3426F786.88762FDD@Houston-InterWeb.COM>; from Richard J. Finn on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 05:56:06PM -0500 References: <3426F786.88762FDD@Houston-InterWeb.COM>
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On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 05:56:06PM -0500, Richard J. Finn wrote: > I'm having trouble using my tape drive. > > I'm not sure of the exact brand and all, Well, the probe told you on the line before the one you quote. But it doesn't look important right now. > but the kernel detects it as: > st0(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty > > How do I mount this drive so I can use mt and tar with it? I haven't heard the term "mount a tape" since my MVS days, which are mercifully long gone. The devices corresponding with st0 are /dev/rst0 (rewinding) and /dev/nrst0 (non-rewinding). Typically, if you set the environment variables TAPE and NTAPE to these two names, you don't need to specify a name at all to mt and tar. Greg
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