Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gary Hall <gary.hall@mcg-graphics.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Backup - device not configured Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810061329500.19930-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3615FED0.95C5837B@mcg-graphics.com>
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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
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