Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:59:30 -0500 From: Mikel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: Mitch Vincent <mitch@venux.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq DAT tape drive Message-ID: <3A8D7892.578A99F9@ocsinternet.com> References: <013701c09841$f57b0430$0200000a@windows>
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Try this...slap a tape in the drive, then type: tar czp /etc You will know in short order if the drive is functional...;) cheers, mikel Mitch Vincent wrote: > I have an older Compaq Proliant server (I'm not sure of the model exactly) > and I need to read some information off of the tape that in it's tape drive > (as far as I can tell the tape drive is a Compaq DAT 8/12 gig SCSI tape > drive).. I have all the SCSI support enabled in the kernel yet on boot I > can't see anything about the tape drive. Should I ? If so, I'm not, what > might be the problem? It's plugged in and I see it in the BIOS when the > machine boots so I know it's hooked up correctly.. Is there some trick to > getting FreeBSD to see this drive so I can access it? > > If someone could drop me a note directly in addition to the list it would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks!! > > -Mitch > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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