From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 7 16: 7:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.smed.com (smtp.smed.com [12.20.51.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6972837BBBB for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 16:07:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Joe.Warner@smed.com) Received: from smtpgate.shrmed.com (keymaster.smed.com [12.20.51.2]) by smtp.smed.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B6B1618A for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:07:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iesa14.shrmed.com (iesa14.shrmed.com [10.1.99.114]) by smtpgate.shrmed.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA07078 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:07:44 -0400 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com Received: from Deimos.smed.com (unverified) by iesa14.shrmed.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with SMTP id for ; Mon, 07 Aug 2000 19:07:41 -0400 Received: by Deimos.smed.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.5 (863.2 5-20-1999)) id 85256934.007EFA74 ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 19:06:56 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: SMS To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <85256934.007EF8AE.00@Deimos.smed.com> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:08:38 -0600 Subject: Tape Device not recognized/not configured MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, In an effort to start backing up my file systems, I've installed an Adaptec 2944 Ultra SCSI adapter and an Exabyte EXB-8505DT (8mm/5gb) tape drive. I've compiled support for the SCSI adapter into my kernel and after rebooting, my system recognized it but for some reason, I can't access the tape drive. If I try to format a tape or create and send a tar archive to it, I just get the message "device not configured". The information in my books and The FreeBSD Handbook indicated that all SCSI controllers use the same set of /dev entries, so you don't need to create them. I've tried accessing my tape drive via the device listings /dev/nrsa0 and /dev/rsa0 and nothing works. Am I trying to use the wrong device? Is there something else I need to compile into my kernel? Any help or information on this would be appreciated. Thanks. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message