From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 7 01:20:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA20663 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 01:20:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA20658 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 01:20:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberte@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA17216; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:20:47 +0100 (MEZ) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199711070920.KAA17216@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: rumba In-Reply-To: <3462D87A.633FC75B@airmail.net> from "Laszlo G. Vagner" at "Nov 7, 97 02:59:39 am" To: kf7nn@airmail.net (Laszlo G. Vagner) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:20:47 +0100 (MEZ) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I downloaded rumba from the ports collection and it cam as "rumba.tar" > i tried to unpack it by tar -x rumba.tar and i get ^ -f Without -f tar uses as the tarfile the default which is the tape device. > cant open /dev/rst0 device not configured > i tried to make a device rst0 but got no such device. > > can you shed some light on this and what i am doing wrong? Robert -- Dr. Robert Eckardt ( Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Inst.f.Theor.Physik, NB6/169 ) Universitaetsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany ----X---8---- Telefon: +49 234 700-3709, Telefax: +49 234 7094-574 8 E-Mail: RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de --------8---- URL: http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte >>> A magician never reveals his secret: the unbelievable trick becomes <<< >>> simple and obvious once it is explained. <<<