Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:38:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Damien Tougas <dtougas@converging.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE Tape Drive Configuration Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906032336280.774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <D1378A34D8E2D211831900105A99D3FE06D151@BDC>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Damien Tougas wrote: > Hello, > > I am using FreeBSD 3.1, and have just installed an IDE HP Colorado 8Gb > Travan tape backup. The device is recognized and works properly as rwst0, > however, I really would like a nrwst0 to be able to do multiple backups on > the same tape. I have tried MAKEDEV, but I am new to UNIX and have not had > much success using this script. Hm, the man page implies it's allowed. Try running the following commands as root in /dev: mknod nrwst0 c 90 2 chgrp operator nrwst0 chmod 640 nrwst0 Now try it. This is an omission in MAKEDEV, probably. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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