From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 6 11:38:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA03853 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.i-connect.net (qmailr@thor.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA03848 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 1997 11:38:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 20749 invoked by uid 4028); 7 Jun 1997 21:51:51 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.5-alpha [p0] on Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199706061721.KAA18369@f49.hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 14:46:20 -0700 (PDT) From: ron@cts.com To: "timmy ashby" Subject: RE: Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /dev/rst0 is an ancient default wired right into the tar program. Try typing "man tar" to learn how to change this default. In fact, resorting to reading the man page is always a better idea than asking in a forum like this. Look up the meaning of RTFM for more ideas on this subject. Ron McDaniels "I'm getting too old for this sort of thing..." On 06-Jun-97 "timmy ashby" wrote: >> >i need a little more help. > >when i try to tar files it says "/dev/rst0 device not configured" > >can anyone tell me what this is? > >you do tar files with > >tar -c filename dont you? > >or do i not have that device configured in the kernal? > > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >--------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- E-Mail: ron@cts.com Date: 06/07/97 Time: 14:46:20 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------