From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 4 12:26:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA04740 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 12:26:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA04730 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 12:26:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA25063; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 14:25:30 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199711042025.OAA25063@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5) To: chris@absinthe.i3inc.com (Chris Shenton) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 14:25:30 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199711041946.OAA25181@absinthe.i3inc.com> from Chris Shenton at "Nov 4, 97 02:46:23 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Chris Shenton said: > I'm at 2.2.5-STABLE and was looking for something to eject tape from a > drive so I can use it with Amanda on a little 4-tape juke. Am I being > stupid or doesn't FreeBSD have an "mt eject" or "mt unload" command? > If I'm just being stupid and have missed the command, please > liberate me from my ignorance. :-) mt -f offline > Many other OSs do, for hardware that groks this function. I'd really > like to see it on my fave OS :-) > -- I don't have the authority to approve that. --from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge