From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 13 12:50:31 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA27230 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:50:31 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA27219 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:50:29 -0800 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA25132; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:50:10 -0800 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199511132050.MAA25132@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: /dev/rst0 not configured.... To: mango@communique.net (Raul Zighelboim) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 12:50:09 -0800 (PST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, nectar@communique.net In-Reply-To: from "Raul Zighelboim" at Nov 13, 95 01:54:12 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1429 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk whether it is in /dev isn't important.. "not configured" says that the kernel doesn't know about it if you type 'dmesg' can you see a reference to st0 in it? (send a copy here is in doubt) > > > 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 > > >