Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:57:30 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup problems Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0207031456170.5165-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <38D1C71A-8EB1-11D6-9688-00039368B8EC@newtonsecond.com>
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On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Michelle Weeks wrote: <snippage> > > Also mt rewind to test commands. If you post your dmesg with lines > > detecting the tape drive, that would help. > > mt -f /dev/nrsa0 rewind seemed to work. i did not get any error > messages back. i'm sorry, i'm a newbie and don't know what you mean > when you say post your dmesg with lines detecting the tape drive. did > you mean to show the output that i posted above from the mt status > command? > > thank you!! > > michelle > The 'dmesg' command produces a bunch of information on what devices and modules have been configured by the kernel (see the dmesg man page). I don't know anything about tape drives, but assuming that /dev/nrs* thingy above is one, this would be a way to check dmesg for it: $ dmesg | grep nrs Also, just perusing the output of dmesg (or the dmesg file itself) can be really informative. Hope this helps! JB /* * John Bleichert * syborg@stny.rr.com * http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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