From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 22 15:57:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA27910 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:57:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gawain.Houston-InterWeb.COM (interweb.hou.neo.net [206.109.6.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27893 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:57:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Houston-InterWeb.COM (merlyn.houston-interweb.com [206.109.147.69]) by Gawain.Houston-InterWeb.COM (8.8.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA03257 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 18:02:45 GMT Message-ID: <3426F786.88762FDD@Houston-InterWeb.COM> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 17:56:06 -0500 From: "Richard J. Finn" Organization: Houston InterWeb Design, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: mounting a tape Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm having trouble using my tape drive. I'm not sure of the exact brand and all, but the kernel detects it as: st0(ahc0:6:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13, drive empty How do I mount this drive so I can use mt and tar with it? -- Richard J. Finn rfinn@houston-interweb.com CTO - Houston InterWeb Design, Inc. http://www.houston-interweb.com/