Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:00:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Rod Ebrahimi <rode@directhost.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: using tape Message-ID: <19980225110040.46733@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <000b01bd4183$91700200$0c8443d1@ip012.directhost.net>; from Rod Ebrahimi on Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 04:23:17PM -0800 References: <000b01bd4183$91700200$0c8443d1@ip012.directhost.net>
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On Tue, 24 February 1998 at 16:23:17 -0800, Rod Ebrahimi wrote: >> On Tue, 24 February 1998 at 14:54:35 -0800, Rod Ebrahimi wrote: >>> I have a sony 8mm tape drive how should I go about using it on my freebsd >>> systems? >> >> I presume this is a SCSI DDS drive. >> >> 1. Install it in the SCSI chain. If it's the first tape drive in the >> system, it will be recognized at boot as /dev/rst0. >> >> 2. You can use any program to talk to the tape. There's nothing very >> special about it. Normally you'll talk to the character device >> /dev/rst0 or the "non-rewinding" version, /dev/nrst0. When you >> finish reading or writing /dev/rst0, the driver rewinds the tape >> automatically, which is fine if you don't want to read or write >> beyond that point. If you do want to continue, use /dev/nrst0. >> >> 3. A lot of backup software exists. The traditional UNIX program is >> tar. The traditional BSD program is dump. There are also some >> other programs in the Ports Collection, notably amanda. > > Ok great... so it will not require many special proggies? None. With the exception of amanda, they're all part of the system distribution. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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