From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 13 12:34:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA25975 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:34:23 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA25962 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:34:15 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id PAA27866; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:23:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:23:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: /dev/rst0 not configured.... To: Raul Zighelboim cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Jacques Vidrine In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk please check the output of /sbin/dmesg. you are looking for a lines similar to: ncr1 scanning for targets 0..6 (V2 pl23 95/09/07) (ncr1:4:0): "EXABYTE EXB-4200 114" type 1 removable SCSI 2 st0(ncr1:4:0): Sequential-Access st0(ncr1:4:0): asynchronous. st0(ncr1:4:0): asynchronous. if you do not have something similar, the tape drive was not recognized at boot. On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Raul Zighelboim wrote: > > 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 > > > 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