Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:27:39 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: Courvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help with Tape Drive Message-ID: <14949.47595.386503.70003@hip186.ch.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20010117181924.A18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> References: <20010117181924.A18085@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
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[ trimming cc: to just -questions ] [ On Wednesday, January 17, Courvette wrote: ] > Hello Pals, > Someone can help me with this one. After an upgrade to 4.2-STABLE from > 3.5-STABLE I am unable to use my tape drive -and consequently can't do > backups - we all know how serious that is.... > > I am in a dilemna:: > > wash:~$ mt status > mt: /dev/nsa0: Device not configured > > +++++ > wash:~$ cd /dev/ > wash:/dev$ ls -al *sa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 ersa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 2 Jan 17 18:10 esa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nrsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 1 Jan 17 18:10 nsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 rsa0 > crw-rw---- 4 root operator 14, 0 Jan 17 18:10 sa0 > wash:/dev$ Just cuz the device files are there doesn't mean didly-squat. We'll need your relevent snippets (related to the tape) from your kernel config, the type of tape drive it is, and your 'dmesg' output after boot (/var/run/dmesg.boot). Then that might be enough information to go on ... -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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