From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 13 20:58:15 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id UAA04542 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Jan 1995 20:58:15 -0800 Received: from anvil.appsmiths.com (appsmiths.sccsi.com [198.65.134.98]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA04532 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 1995 20:58:12 -0800 Received: (from hoppy@localhost) by anvil.appsmiths.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id WAA17015; Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:57:20 -0600 From: "Clay D. Hopperdietzel" Message-Id: <199501140457.WAA17015@anvil.appsmiths.com> Subject: Re: Colorado 250 Tape Drive To: dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com (Daniel Baker) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:57:20 -0600 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Daniel Baker" at Jan 13, 95 10:51:34 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 788 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk :: :: On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Clay D. Hopperdietzel wrote: :: :: > :: :: > :: Hackers -- :: > :: :: > :: How can I backup my computer? I have a colorado 250 tape drive, but it :: > :: dosen't seem to reconize it, how can I get it to? :: > tar cvf - / | ft :: > :: > backs up the whole thing. Works great on mine. :: Hmmm, dosen't seem to work, I get the error message: :: /dev/rft0: Operation not supported by device :: :: Any idea? :: :: :: Daniel Baker -- NeoSoft FTP/UseNet Administrator (713)531-8571 :: DBaker@NeoSoft.COM :: DBaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM :: :: do ya have the thing configured in your kernel, e.g.: controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2 ???