From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 12 11:41:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from malkav.snowmoon.com (machine-126-237.cdcsd.k12.ny.us [208.20.126.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14FA714D8D for ; Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:41:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com) Received: (qmail 54336 invoked from network); 12 Dec 1999 19:41:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO localhost.snowmoon.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Dec 1999 19:41:20 -0000 Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:41:20 -0500 (EST) From: Jaime Kikpole To: white@la.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI tape drive (wst0) problem. In-Reply-To: <19991212213113.A3710@extra.dp.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Alexander Prohorenko wrote: > FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 > wdc1: unit 1 (atapi): , removable, accel, iordy > options ATAPI > device wst0 > cd /dev > ./MAKEDEV wst0 > crw-r----- 1 root operator 90, 0 Dec 12 12:05 /dev/rwst0 Looks good so far to my slightly experienced eyes. > mt -f /dev/rwst0 status > > I'm getting: > > mt: /dev/rwst0: Device not configured When I first started dealing with tape drives (on sa0, for me) I found that "Device not configured" often translates to "You forgot to insert a tape into the drive first." Are you trying to use the command when there isn't a tape in the drive? Are you using the correct type of tape? Does the wst driver actually handle the kind of tape drive that you have? Jaime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message