> Alvin> you need to create a tape decice called /dev/ht0 and/or ln
> Alvin> -s /dev/hdc /dev/ht0 ( donno if it would work )
>
> Alvin> "MAKEDEV /dev/ht0" should work
>
> MAKDEV: don't know hot to make device "/dev/ht0"
>
> Now I seem to be screwed.
did you try:
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ht0
= should work, if not...
more info
http://www-wsg.cso.uiuc.edu/resources/unixguide/devices.html
you do it the hard way
# crw-rw---- 1 root disk 37, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/ht0
#
# manually create the device that MAKEDEV failed to do..
# donno why it didnt work for you
#
root# mknod /dev/ht0 c 37 0
when ready...
can you access the tape ( stick in a blank tape .. :-) )
mt -f /dev/ht0 rewind
mt -f /dev/ht0 eject
than try to tar up a file and read it back
write# tar zcvf /dev/ht0 /etc
-- rewind --
read# tar ztvf /dev/ht0
add more tar options as you like...
c ya
alvin
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