Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:48:13 -0400 From: Bob Collins <freebsd@anything-inc.com> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI DAT tape drive Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030930154627.00a9fd98@anything-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <048001c3878a$be52f450$0701a8c0@darryl>
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At 03:40 PM 9/30/2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: >Greetings, >I just finished installing FreeBSD 4.7 on my box. My machine has an adaptec >SCSI >host adapter and a SCSI Dat tape drive. I expected to access my tape drive >through >the /dev/rmt device, but instead must use /dev/sa0 (I think this is right. >I'm going >from memory as I'm not at the machine right now). > >Is this the normal device to reference when reading/writing to the scsi dat >tape drive ? > >thanks, >-D My IBM DDS2 drive is attached to my onboard Adaptec SCSI port and it only works when referred to as /dev/sa0. There are many /dev/listings for the drive, however there are complaints with some software, like Bacula, when I try to use the /dev/rsa0. So, I assume that /dev/sa0 is okay. Bob
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