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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:02:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@absinthe.i3inc.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.971104160114.13023A-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199711041946.OAA25181@absinthe.i3inc.com>

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I think you can get it to eject by usingone of the other /dev entries with
a different minor number = I seem to recall the opposite problem where
they would eject on me after a backup and I didnt want them to.

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Chris Shenton wrote:

> 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. :-)
> 
> Many other OSs do, for hardware that groks this function. I'd really
> like to see it on my fave OS :-)
> 
> 




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