Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 21:24:56 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: toj@gorilla.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount query Message-ID: <199703050424.VAA06512@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199702281934.NAA01161@peeper.jackson.org> References: <199702280549.XAA00400@peeper.jackson.org> <Pine.NEB.3.95.970227221842.15309A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> <199702281934.NAA01161@peeper.jackson.org>
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Tom Jackson writes:
> this is my main interest. The removable media is syquest cartridges of
> 135 and 230 mb size. I upgraded to the ezflyer but have a stack of 135 mb
> carts from the ez135. The problem seems to be the fact freebsd considers
> the syquest a hard disk (which *is* good for performance) but will not let
> me change the incore configuration of the carts. Was hoping there was a
> Magic way to change the incore config, like re-probe the drive without
> rebooting.
Have you tried re-reading the disklabel after changing the media? If
each of the cartriges is properly disklabelled, you should be able to
'disklabel -r sdx' and then mount correctly.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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