Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 17:36:24 +1000 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Abel Mayal <mayala@info.bt.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive Message-ID: <20000628173624.E2209@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <004401bfe03d$05678340$fc709284@futures.bt.co.uk> References: <004401bfe03d$05678340$fc709284@futures.bt.co.uk>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Please limit your text lines to < 80 characters. On Tuesday, 27 June 2000 at 14:38:46 +0100, Abel Mayal wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to mount a SCSI tape drive. I typed "camcontrol devlist > -v" and it comes up all the SCSI devices that I've got installed, > here is the list: > > scbus-1 on xpt0 bus 0: > < > at scbus-1 target -1 lun -1 (xpt0) > scbus0 on ahc0 bus 0: > <IBM DMVS18V 0077> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) > <IBM DDYS-T18350N S80D> at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass1,da1) > <HP C1537A L708> at scbus0 target 2 lun 0 (pass2,sa0) > <HP C1537A L708> at scbus0 target 3 lun 0 (pass3,sa1) > <PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TS 1.01> at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass4,cd0) > <iomega jaz 2GB E.17> at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass5,da2) > < > at scbus0 target -1 lun -1 () > > I have two tape drives but I can't find out the name to use when I > do the "mount". I tried "mount -t msdos /dev/sa0 /tape1" but the > "/dev/sa0" doesn't exist. Can anyone tell me how can I find the real > name of this device to use in the "mount" command? We dropped support for block tape devices decades ago. It's completely impractical, considering the random access nature of a file system. Also, I'd be *very* surprised to find a Microsoft file system on tape. The names, however, are /dev/rsa0 and /dev/rsa1. The 'r' means raw (i.e. not a block device), and the rest of the name is at the end of the output line from camcontrol devlist. Now what data do you have on your tape? Or do you want to write it? To write, use programs like tar or dump. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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