Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:39:37 -0500 From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Making DAT drive avail after reboot Message-ID: <4.2.0.32.19990331103235.036a0610@mail.computeralt.com>
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Hello... I've got a dumb question: If a SCSI DAT drive (external) wasn't on when the FreeBSD box last booted, is there a way to make it available without rebooting? mt and dump aren't liking it: DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/nrst0". and mt: /dev/nrst0: Device not configured There is an (almost) really good reason the drive wasn't on: for some reason, the computer will not boot if the drive is on at the moment you flip on the power switch. If you turn on the machine then immediately turn on the tape drive (before FreeBSD starts booting) you're fine. But if the drive is connected and on, you get nothing from the computer... no lights, nada. Just a buzzing from the power supply that stops after a few moments once you turn it back off. Maybe someone has come across this problem and could tell me what causes it (bad card? cable?) but having just installed the tape drive and using available hardware (no real budget is available for a non-NT server), I've been just living with it. Sorry this last part isn't FreeBSD related, but the first part is :) Thanks! ----------------------- Scott I. Remick scott@computeralt.com Network and Information (802)388-7545 ext. 236 Systems Manager FAX:(802)388-3697 Computer Alternatives, Inc. http://www.computeralt.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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