Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:13:34 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: r_owan@one.net.au Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/rsa0 and 'tar' Message-ID: <19991009141334.S78191@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19991008232957.6C669151F3@hub.freebsd.org> References: <19991008232957.6C669151F3@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday, 9 October 1999 at 9:23:14 +1000, r_owan@one.net.au wrote: > I have just bought the FreeBSD 3.2 CD set, and have successfully > installed it, and gotten many things (such as X windows) to work. > > The problem i have is when i try to use the 'tar -x' command, it > responds with "tar:can't open /dev/rsa0: Device not configured". > What does /dev/rsa0 represent? The first tape unit in the system. > How can i fix this so i can run tar? You don't even say if you have a tape, let alone whether the system doesn't handle it. If you have a different archive file, you can either set the environment variable TAPE to its name (for example, /dev/rsa1 for the second tape unit), or use the -f option to tar if you're working from a file (for example, tar xf foo.tar). Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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