On Sun, 18 May 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: > I connected a Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm tape drive to my SCSI card to > do some backups, but I am having trouble figuring out how to > access the drive. I assumed it was as simple as referring to > /dev/rst0, but that doesn't work. I tried insmod st.o, but I > get the message that a module by that name already exists.
You most likely don't have any such device. Here: /dev# ./MAKEDEV -n st crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 for st0 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 1 for st1 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 2 for st2 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 3 for st3 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 4 for st4 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 5 for st5 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 6 for st6 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 7 for st7 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 for nst0 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 129 for nst1 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 130 for nst2 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 131 for nst3 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 132 for nst4 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 133 for nst5 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 134 for nst6 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 135 for nst7 If you (as root), run a: #/dev/MAKEDEV -v st you'll make your devices, then access the first rewinding SCSI tape as /dev/st0. If you'd rather have it not rewind, and instead use mt for that, use /dev/nst0. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not | and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .