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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:32:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        David Brockus <dbrockus@cyberhall.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Need Help on Tape Drive Installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960722142934.318G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960722115046.773A-100000@cyber1.cyberhall.com>

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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, David Brockus wrote:

> 
> I have to install an HP Colorada T4000S tape drive (SCSI-2, Travan 4 
> drive) in a FreeBSD 2.0.5R machine either today or tomorrow.   
> I looked in the FAQ, the docs section, and the list 
> archives at freebsd.org, I couldn't find much.  
> 
> Does anyone have a FAQ that will "walk" you through a tape drive 
> installation?

Plug tape drive into power & SCSI controller.
Boot FreeBSD, make sure tape is detected in SCSI probe.
Recompile kernel to include device st0 if you removed it.
su; cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV st0

> I know I need to setup the device in the kernel and configure cron and 
> dump for automated backups, I am just not sure how to do it.

Getting dump working is a different matter entirely :)  We had to tweak
the blocksize and # blocks/tape before it would work right on a Colorado
2/4GB QIC.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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