From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 26 10:55:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15502 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 10:55:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA15467 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 10:55:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA00292 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 26 May 1998 10:54:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 10:54:41 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199805261754.KAA00292@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backup device? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 21:06:46 -0500 >From: "Anthony E. Coley" >How can I change my default backup device from /dev/rst0 to >/dev/ft0? >When I type "tar t" it tries to read from /dev/rst0. >FreeBSD 2.2.5 >From "man tar": ENVIRONMENT ... TAPE Changes tar's default tape drive (which is still over- ridden by the -f flag). Or you could make /dev/rst0 a (sym)link to /dev/ft0, I suppose, though that's a little tacky (especially if anyone else might be administering the machine). david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message