Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 22:49:48 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@rknebel.csrlink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tape backup Message-ID: <199811230449.WAA18769@n4hhe.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Rick Knebel <rknebel@rknebel.csrlink.net> of "Sun, 22 Nov 1998 12:54:17 EST." <199811221754.MAA01081@rknebel.csrlink.net>
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Rick Knebel writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a seagate scsi backup on my system that works great with OS2 and linux
> .
> In reading the manual it syas the name of this device should be /dev/nrst0.
> When I issue the command tar cvf /dev/nrst0 /etc/ppp the tape drive springs
> into action but it then stops with the message that it cannot add the file
> /dev/nrst0.
>
> Any thoughts.
You don't specify what version of FreeBSD, nor what model Seagate tape
drive you are using. Sometimes this matters. Also copy/paste the exact
results of your error is also of great help (but don't paste hundreds of
lines), something like this:
n4hhe: {1048} tar cvf /dev/nrst0 /etc/ppp
tar: Removing leading / from absolute path names in the archive.
etc/ppp/
etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown.sample
etc/ppp/ppp.secret.sample
etc/ppp/ppp.deny
etc/ppp/ppp.shells.sample
etc/ppp/login.chat.script
tar: can't add file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets : Permission denied
etc/ppp/options
etc/ppp/connect-errors
n4hhe: {1049} ls -l /dev/*rst0
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 14, 2 May 25 03:07 /dev/erst0
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 14, 1 Nov 22 22:41 /dev/nrst0
crw-rw---- 1 root operator 14, 0 Nov 7 22:58 /dev/rst0
n4hhe: {1051} id
uid=928(dkelly) gid=928(dkelly) groups=928(dkelly), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 68(dialer)
n4hhe: {1050}
Suggest you verify the id of the user you are running tar as, and check
the permissions on your tape device as shown above.
> Also what commands and what programs do i need to use to rewind and erase a
> tape under freebsd.
Try "man mt", if you use /dev/rst0 then there would be no need to
rewind after using.
% mt rewind
% mt erase
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
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