From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 1:30:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.brwn.org (intgw1.brwn.org [196.28.127.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADAF037B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 01:30:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by snoopy.brwn.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4E6633ABC; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:30:41 +0200 (SAST) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:30:41 +0200 From: Willem Brown To: "WILLIAMS, DENNIS E. (JSC-DA9)" Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: tape drive Message-ID: <20001021103041.M40098@snoopy.brwn.org> References: <41D2696EE385D0118DE90020AFFC1E5C05C57C96@jsc-ems-mbs09.jsc.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <41D2696EE385D0118DE90020AFFC1E5C05C57C96@jsc-ems-mbs09.jsc.nasa.gov>; from dennis.e.williams1@jsc.nasa.gov on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:22:06AM -0500 X-Public-Key: http://willem.brwn.org/pubkey.txt X-Chat-Server: http://chat.brwn.org/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, The device is actually called /dev/sa0 or /dev/rsa0 for the rewind device and /dev/nsa0 or /dev/nrsa0 for the no-rewind device. The man page for the sa(4) driver will tell what to add to the kernel config file to have FreeBSD recognize it at boot time. man 4 sa. As for MAKEDEV, /dev/MAKEDEV sa0 should do the trick. I don't think the device id is reflected in it's name, rather the order in which they are detected by the kernel at boot time. On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:22:06AM -0500, WILLIAMS, DENNIS E. (JSC-DA9) wrote: > I would like to do back-up of my system. I have Exabyte 8500 attached to > aha1542 (my hard drive is attached to the same card and it is mounting the > hard drive). What do I need to configure so I can use tar or any other tape > backup software to see the tape drive. I have tried using "/dev/MAKEDEV sa3" > (tape drive is id 3). > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Best Regards Willem Brown -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ Never pay a compliment as if expecting a receipt. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message