Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:32:36 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mt/dump/chio Message-ID: <20011119083218.T69189-100000@wonky.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <E165rJf-000Dx9-00@pampa.cs.huji.ac.il>
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rmt protocol doesn't handle changer commands. You want to start looking at things like NDMP instead. On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Danny Braniss wrote: > i don't know if this is the right place, if not please re-direct me before > shooting :-) > > we have a tape changer (QUALSTAR TLS-4222i), with 2 scsi tapes, > now since both tar and dump understand -f host:/dev/sa, the next thing i did > was to make mt (MT(1)) understand it, so that i now can manipulate the > tape from afar, without having access permitions to host. > > the next step it to see how - if at all - mt should understand things like: > 'host:/dev/sa0:115' meaning mount tape 115 on /dev/sa0 > or more ambitious: > 'host:/dev/tape:100@10:45pm' mount tape number 100, on any free device > not earlier than 10:45pm > > if you can see where im going to, and have suggestions, they are welcome. > > danny > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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