Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:00:43 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: Rick Osteen <rosteen@1eagle1.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar error Message-ID: <33B0C212.42D4@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970624162102.21163F-100000@lightning.tbe.net>
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Gary D. Margiotta wrote: > > > # tar -x radius_2.0.1_BSDOS_2.0.tar > > tar: can't open /dev/rst0 : Device not configured > > # > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > if i'm not mistaken (though usually i am ;) ) the command line you have > there is making tar look for the tarfile in a location on a SCSI tape 1. Have you rst0 in kernel ? if Yes: 2. Is this device enabled in kernel config if Yes ? 3. what say dmesg | grep rst 4. Are parameters good ? Is it rst0 (can be rst1) if Yes: 5. Is this device named rst at all (look at LINT) > drive, where it looks by default. Use tar -xvf <tarfile> and that should > do the trick. The -f option specifies tar to look for a file rather than > from a tape drive. > > -Gary Margiotta > TBE Internet Services > http://www.tbe.net
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