From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 25 11:30:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071CE37B41B for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:30:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.148.177]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113) with ESMTP id <20011125193018.KGYU23920.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:30:18 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fAPJUAn18710; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:30:10 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA14472; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:29:35 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 19:29:35 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Wilko Bulte , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Time for my first backup, how do I install a DDS drive?? Message-ID: <20011125192934.J273@localhost> References: <000701c175cb$78d2b410$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011125171232.A48911@freebie.xs4all.nl> <001501c175cd$abeebd60$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <001501c175cd$abeebd60$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:24:23PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:24:23PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Thanks! It does indeed see the tape drive, and says > > freebie# camcontrol devlist > at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (pass0,sa0) > > Now, there are already two lines for something similar in my kernel > configuration file: > > device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) > device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access) > > So something already seems to be defined. Given this, what do I have to > add so that the device becomes configured (i.e., so that I can manipulate > it with an mt command and use it for the dump command)? It seems like you're almost there already. Is there any mention of the drive in your 'dmesg' output? I expect there would be, since camcontrol thinks the drive is sa0. Do /dev/sa0, /dev/nsa0, /dev/esa0 (and the /dev/r*sa0 forms of these) exist? They were probably created at install time, but if not, 'cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV sa0' should create them for you. What does 'mt -f /dev/sa0 status' say? IME, modulo the cabling and termination magic that can bite you on any system, SCSI stuff tends to Just Work. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message