From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 21 22: 8:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4FFA37B8F0 for ; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:08:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id OAA11008; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 14:38:38 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 14:38:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Tremayne Smith Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Backup Message-ID: <20000422143837.F9344@freebie.lemis.com> References: <20000421152152.91316.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20000421152152.91316.qmail@hotmail.com> Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] It would also be nice if you would tidy up messages before sending them. This one contained over 50% junk. On Friday, 21 April 2000 at 11:21:51 -0400, Tremayne Smith wrote: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:23:20 -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: >> Tremayne Smith wrote: >>> >>> Can anyone offer any advice as to how to install a HP Sure Store >>> Dat tape drive, on a box running freeBSD 4.0. And any pointers on >>> how to use it to backup my system would be greatly appreciated. >>> Thanx in advance. >> >> You have to have "device sa" in your kernel and then /dev/sa0 is your >> tape drive. You use /dev/rsa0 to rewind and /dev/nrsa0 for no rewind. > > I have placed sa0 into my kernel, and now when I go to use a command like > "mt -f /dev/rsa0 fsf -1" I get an error that my device is not configured. I > am sure that there is a simple step that I am missing, but I am missing it > none the less. If anyone has an opinion of what steps to take next, please > share. Thanx in advance. Well, firstly you need a tape in the drive; if you don't, you'll get that error. Secondly, check the boot messages to see if the drive is detected. Thirdly, the command is wrong: you shouldn't specify negative file numbers. Fourthly, no matter what you do when positioning /dev/rsa0, it will subsequently rewind, as Kent Stewart observes. Use /dev/nrsa0 if you want to play around with positioning. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message