From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 24 16:31:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA17083 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:31:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA17020 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:30:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA10325; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:00:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA19238; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:00:41 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980225110040.46733@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:00:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Rod Ebrahimi Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: using tape References: <000b01bd4183$91700200$0c8443d1@ip012.directhost.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <000b01bd4183$91700200$0c8443d1@ip012.directhost.net>; from Rod Ebrahimi on Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 04:23:17PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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