From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 13 11:54:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA22982 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:54:48 -0800 Received: from tetsuo.communique.net (Tetsuo.Communique.Net [204.27.64.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA22973 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:54:45 -0800 Received: from ryu.communique.net (Ryu.Communique.Net [204.27.64.11]) by tetsuo.communique.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA18573; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:54:12 -0600 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:54:12 -0600 (CST) From: Raul Zighelboim To: hackers@freebsd.org cc: Jacques Vidrine Subject: /dev/rst0 not configured.... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I am trying to backup my system on /dev/rst0 (SCSI tape drive). If I try to access the drive I get a 'device not configured' error. ----- # tar -cf /dev/rst0 / ----- tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device not configured But the device was configure on the Kernel: ---- controller scbus0 #base SCSI code ---- device ch0 #SCSI media changers ---- device sd0 #SCSI disks ---- device st0 #SCSI tapes And created on /dev: # ls -l rst0* crw-r----- 2 root operator 14, 0 Nov 2 21:08 rst0 crw-r----- 2 root operator 14, 0 Nov 2 21:08 rst0.0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 14, 4 Nov 2 21:08 rst0.1 crw-r----- 1 root operator 14, 8 Nov 2 21:08 rst0.2 crw-r----- 1 root operator 14, 12 Nov 2 21:08 rst0.3 And I am running the correct Kernel. I also check know for a fact that there is a tape on the drive. Sugestions ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raul Zighelboim e-mail: mango@communique.net Communique Inc. Tel: 504.527.6200 Technical Specialist Fax: 504.527.6030