From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 22 14:32:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA11750 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line14.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.95]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA11738 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:32:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00368; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:32:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:32:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: David Brockus cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Need Help on Tape Drive Installation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, David Brockus wrote: > > I have to install an HP Colorada T4000S tape drive (SCSI-2, Travan 4 > drive) in a FreeBSD 2.0.5R machine either today or tomorrow. > I looked in the FAQ, the docs section, and the list > archives at freebsd.org, I couldn't find much. > > Does anyone have a FAQ that will "walk" you through a tape drive > installation? Plug tape drive into power & SCSI controller. Boot FreeBSD, make sure tape is detected in SCSI probe. Recompile kernel to include device st0 if you removed it. su; cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV st0 > I know I need to setup the device in the kernel and configure cron and > dump for automated backups, I am just not sure how to do it. Getting dump working is a different matter entirely :) We had to tweak the blocksize and # blocks/tape before it would work right on a Colorado 2/4GB QIC. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major