From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 18 15:29:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22011 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21924 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:28:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA11345; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:58:11 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA22995; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:58:10 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980319095810.48993@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:58:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Alich , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape Drive References: <3510456C.2E20D561@cyber-com.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <3510456C.2E20D561@cyber-com.net>; from Mike Alich on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 05:06:36PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 March 1998 at 17:06:36 -0500, Mike Alich wrote: > HELP! > > I have installed a new DAT drive. The systems detected it as the > Archive Python and is it recognized at "st0". What exactly is the > "st0" I can not find it in my /dev directory. st0 is the generic name of the device. In the /dev directory, you'll only find the raw device /dev/rst0, along with its non-rewinding version /dev/nrst0. > What command do I need to do to access this drive? I have tried "mt -f > /dev/st0ctl.0 status" and that is the only thing that works. I can't > seem to get the "mt" command to rewind or erase the drive. Can you help > my to identify the correct device to talk with the drive? Use the device names above. I use tar to read and write the tape. Others use dump and amanda. I discuss this topic in some detail in "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message