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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:17:43 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unix Backup Options
Message-ID:  <3B819A97.62AB2A47@iowna.com>
References:  <3B817889.681AC1C5@jwebmedia.com> <3B817DAB.689A522C@iowna.com> <3B818768.C276E696@jwebmedia.com> <3B81882E.51970B49@iowna.com> <3B818C0C.E7661ADA@jwebmedia.com>

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I don't see any SCSI adapter detected in your dmesg. What sort of
SCSI adapter is it? Are you sure it's supported? You may have to 
recompile a custom kernel to detect it if it's not in the GENERIC
kernel.

-Bill

Joseph Koenig wrote:
> 
> Ugh...I don't see the drive being recognized on startup...Below is my
> dmesg. Maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks,
> 
> Joe

<SNIP>

> Bill Moran wrote:
> >
> > Joseph Koenig wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill, thanks for the info. My system should be able to fit on the tape.
> > > Does dump compress the data automatically, or should my tape drive do
> > > that?
> >
> > dump doesn't do software compression, but it supports hardware compression
> > if your tape drive does it. use "mt" to check and turn on compression if
> > needed.
> >
> > > Are SCSI tape drives usually at /dev/st0? /dev/st0 isn't found on
> > > my system.
> >
> > No, SCSI tapes will be /dev/sa# (/dev/sa0) If you don't have it, try
> > using /dev/MAKEDEV to create the device. Check dmesg to see if it's
> > detected at bootup, if it is, it'll probably work fine.

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