Don, Thanks for your quick reply. But unfortunately I can't find this tape-device (tape0) in de cygwin-directory or other dir's. Do I need to do an extra installation. Please could you inform me how to install/detect this tape-unit?
Regards, Wim Don Sharp wrote: > > Wim Versteeg wrote: > > > > Hallo, > > > > I installed CYGWIN on my PC under winNT without tape-unit. Today I connected a > > tape-unit via SCSI to my PC . The winNT backup system detects my drive. Could > > you inform me how to use/install this tape-unit under CYGWIN (by dd if=TAPE or > > tar....) This tar-option would be interesting for me! > > > > You need to mount the tape decice(s) like > > mount -f -s -b "//./tape0" "/dev/st0" > mount -f -s -b "//./tape0" "/dev/nst0" > > Notice the norewind version above > > You can now use > > dd if=/dev/st0 bs=tape_block_size > file_on_disc > tar tf /dev/st0 > > and > > mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1 > > I hope that helps. > > > Regards, Wim Versteeg > > > > > Cheers > > Don Sharp
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