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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