Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 10:31:33 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: Frank Durda IV <uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com> Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WangDAT & FreeBSD strangeness Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9510301021.D29825-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <m0t9n5Z-000Ix6C@nemesis.lonestar.org>
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On Sun, 29 Oct 1995, Frank Durda IV wrote: > > [1]julian@ref.tfs.com says: > [1]Are you saying that a > [1]mt -f /dev/nrst0 offline > [1]stops the tape from ever working again? > > YES! Once you do a mt offline, that is it! END OF GAME! You must > reboot or it won't even let you insert media in the drive. The > drive refuses to load any new cartridges you stick in the door. You > get one tape per boot. Under SCO, this does not happen. if you use '/usr/bin/mt -f /dev/rst0 rewoffl'. you can load as many tapes as you like. Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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