From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 22 10:18:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28660 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 10:18:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from PigStuy.dyn.ml.org (nyc-ny65-30.ix.netcom.com [209.109.224.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28655 for ; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 10:18:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@pigstuy.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by PigStuy.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA03361; Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:16:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from spork@pigstuy.dyn.ml.org) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:16:17 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim Reply-To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com To: Rick Knebel cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tape backup In-Reply-To: <199811221754.MAA01081@rknebel.csrlink.net> 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 Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Rick Knebel wrote: > Hi, > > I have a seagate scsi backup on my system that works great with OS2 and linux. > In reading the manual it syas the name of this device should be /dev/nrst0. > When I issue the command tar cvf /dev/nrst0 /etc/ppp the tape drive springs > into action but it then stops with the message that it cannot add the file > /dev/nrst0. > > Any thoughts. > > > Also what commands and what programs do i need to use to rewind and erase a > tape under freebsd. > > Thanks Alot > > Rick > > -- > Rick Knebel > rknebel@rknebel.csrlink.net You are telling tar to creat the file /dev/nrst0. You should set the environment variable "TAPE" to /dev/nrst0 and try doing the tar wout the "f /dev/nrst0" part. You should also be root for this operation. -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message