From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 22 17:31:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA03856 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA03850 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:31:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA23047; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:01:26 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970923100126.31301@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 10:01:26 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Richard J. Finn" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting a tape References: <3426F786.88762FDD@Houston-InterWeb.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <3426F786.88762FDD@Houston-InterWeb.COM>; from Richard J. Finn on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 05:56:06PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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