From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 6 13:30:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10259 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:30:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA10175 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:30:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24865; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:30:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Gary Hall cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Backup - device not configured In-Reply-To: <3615FED0.95C5837B@mcg-graphics.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Gary Hall wrote: > Grovelling for help again. Have fitted a SCSI adaptor onto the computer > for a tape backup. The BIOS detects the SCSI adaptor and also the tape > drive attached to it. > > When I try to test it out by typing tar -cv I get the error: tar: can't > open /dev/rst0: Device not configured. > > If I type tar -cvf /dev/nrst0 I get the same message for nrst0. The > question is how do I configure the device ? > > I typed in dmesg and neither rst0 or nrst0 was listed. My kernel has > device st0 listed under the heading scbus0. > > I'm probably missing something fundamental here. Any ideas would be > appreciated. Does your SCSI controller recogize your tape drive? Sounds like it's cabled or terminated incorrectly. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message