Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:38:47 +0300 From: Courvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help with Tape Drive Message-ID: <20010117183847.C18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <14949.47595.386503.70003@hip186.ch.intel.com>; from "John Reynolds~" on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:27:39AM -0700 References: <20010117181924.A18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> <14949.47595.386503.70003@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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* John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> [20010117 18:28]: writing on the subject 'Re: Help with Tape Drive' John> John> [ trimming cc: to just -questions ] John> John> [ On Wednesday, January 17, Courvette wrote: ] John> > Hello Pals, John> > Someone can help me with this one. After an upgrade to 4.2-STABLE from John> > 3.5-STABLE I am unable to use my tape drive -and consequently can't do John> > backups - we all know how serious that is.... John> > John> > I am in a dilemna:: John> > John> > wash:~$ mt status John> > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured John> > John> > +++++ John> > wash:~$ cd /dev/ John> > wash:/dev$ ls -al *sa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 ersa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 esa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nrsa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nsa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 rsa0 John> > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 sa0 John> > wash:/dev$ John> John> Just cuz the device files are there doesn't mean didly-squat. We'll need your John> relevent snippets (related to the tape) from your kernel config, the type of John> tape drive it is, and your 'dmesg' output after boot John> (/var/run/dmesg.boot). Then that might be enough information to go on ... Thanks John. I've sent that to -questions. The tape drive is those HP T20s. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Women want mediocre men. And men are working hard to become as medicore as possible. -Margaret Mead To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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