From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 22:14:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA26162 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 22:14:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA26156 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 22:14:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA06512; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 21:24:56 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 21:24:56 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199703050424.VAA06512@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: toj@gorilla.net CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount query In-Reply-To: <199702281934.NAA01161@peeper.jackson.org> References: <199702280549.XAA00400@peeper.jackson.org> <199702281934.NAA01161@peeper.jackson.org> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tom Jackson writes: > this is my main interest. The removable media is syquest cartridges of > 135 and 230 mb size. I upgraded to the ezflyer but have a stack of 135 mb > carts from the ez135. The problem seems to be the fact freebsd considers > the syquest a hard disk (which *is* good for performance) but will not let > me change the incore configuration of the carts. Was hoping there was a > Magic way to change the incore config, like re-probe the drive without > rebooting. Have you tried re-reading the disklabel after changing the media? If each of the cartriges is properly disklabelled, you should be able to 'disklabel -r sdx' and then mount correctly. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com