Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:30:51 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tape device names and devfs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103052229440.78696-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <200103060108.f2618wf00606@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Steve Kargl wrote:
> What are the names of the tape devices under devfs?
>
> troutmask:root[201] dump 3 /var
> DUMP: Date of this level 3 dump: Mon Mar 5 17:02:02 2001
> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Tue Feb 27 07:01:08 2001
> DUMP: Dumping /dev/da0s1e (/var) to /dev/rsa0
> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
> DUMP: estimated 7211 tape blocks on 0.19 tape(s).
> DUMP: Cannot open output "/dev/rsa0".
> DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: ("yes" or "no") no
> DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>
> Should dump(8) use /dev/sa0 for the rewind device and
> /dev/nsa0 for no rewind device? Should /etc/rc.devfs
> create symlinks from rsa0 and nrsa0 for backwards compatibility?
Can you give a hint as to which release you're trying this with?
Does rc.devfs mean anything at all with -current's devfs? I just changed the
sa driver to create the correct aliases.
-matt
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