Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:19:20 -0600 From: tom@peeper.jackson.org (Tom Jackson) To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount query Message-ID: <199703100919.DAA12376@peeper.jackson.org> In-Reply-To: <199703050424.VAA06512@obie.softweyr.ml.org>; from Wes Peters on Mar 4, 1997 21:24:56 -0700 References: <199702280549.XAA00400@peeper.jackson.org> <Pine.NEB.3.95.970227221842.15309A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> <199702281934.NAA01161@peeper.jackson.org> <199703050424.VAA06512@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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Wes Peters writes: > 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. > Thanks for the reply Wes and *yes* it does read both labels into core allowing me to mount either media. Never would have figured this one. Sorry for late reply but my mail didn't seem to get to me and by chance I caught your reply. Thanks again, -- Tom Jackson Powered by FreeBSD toj@gorilla.net http://www.freebsd.org tjackson@tulsix.utulsa.edu "Out in the Ozone Again"
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