Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:30:41 +0200 From: Willem Brown <willem@brwn.org> To: "WILLIAMS, DENNIS E. (JSC-DA9)" <dennis.e.williams1@jsc.nasa.gov> Cc: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: tape drive Message-ID: <20001021103041.M40098@snoopy.brwn.org> In-Reply-To: <41D2696EE385D0118DE90020AFFC1E5C05C57C96@jsc-ems-mbs09.jsc.nasa.gov>; from dennis.e.williams1@jsc.nasa.gov on Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:22:06AM -0500 References: <41D2696EE385D0118DE90020AFFC1E5C05C57C96@jsc-ems-mbs09.jsc.nasa.gov>
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Hi, The device is actually called /dev/sa0 or /dev/rsa0 for the rewind device and /dev/nsa0 or /dev/nrsa0 for the no-rewind device. The man page for the sa(4) driver will tell what to add to the kernel config file to have FreeBSD recognize it at boot time. man 4 sa. As for MAKEDEV, /dev/MAKEDEV sa0 should do the trick. I don't think the device id is reflected in it's name, rather the order in which they are detected by the kernel at boot time. On Sat, Oct 21, 2000 at 12:22:06AM -0500, WILLIAMS, DENNIS E. (JSC-DA9) wrote: > I would like to do back-up of my system. I have Exabyte 8500 attached to > aha1542 (my hard drive is attached to the same card and it is mounting the > hard drive). What do I need to configure so I can use tar or any other tape > backup software to see the tape drive. I have tried using "/dev/MAKEDEV sa3" > (tape drive is id 3). > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Best Regards Willem Brown -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ Never pay a compliment as if expecting a receipt. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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