Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:28:40 -0400 From: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Atapi Tape Drive Message-ID: <p04320404b57c293b0437@[192.168.1.2]>
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Hi, I am trying to use an !0 Gig Seagate Tape Drive with Freebsd 4.0. It seems bru will not function correctly. The devices are /dev/rast0 and /dev/nrast0. If I try to issue the command mt -f /dev/nrast0 retension it works fine. With the rewind command nothing happens and with the erase command I get an I&O error. I am hoping that someone can enlighten me about this so i do not have to go back to linux to use my tape drive for backups. I also noticed that the file permissions for these two devices are different than those of the scsi tape devices. There is no group write permissions. I can change these but on the next reboot they are back to where they are, almost like the kernel is resetting them. When I try the erase command I get a message from ast0 about Data Protect. Hope this makes sense to someone who can help me. This is getting very frustrating. Thanks Rick -- Rick Knebel rknebel@uplink.net http://rknebel.uplink.net/~rknebel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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