> > At 03:40 PM 9/30/2003, Darryl Hoar wrote: > >Greetings, > >I just finished installing FreeBSD 4.7 on my box. My machine has an adaptec > >SCSI > >host adapter and a SCSI Dat tape drive. I expected to access my tape drive > >through > >the /dev/rmt device, but instead must use /dev/sa0 (I think this is right. > >I'm going > >from memory as I'm not at the machine right now). > > > >Is this the normal device to reference when reading/writing to the scsi dat > >tape drive ? > > > >thanks, > >-D > > My IBM DDS2 drive is attached to my onboard Adaptec SCSI port and it only > works when referred to as /dev/sa0. There are many /dev/listings for the > drive, however there are complaints with some software, like Bacula, when I > try to use the /dev/rsa0. So, I assume that /dev/sa0 is okay.
Well, I usually use /dev/nrsa0 to get the no-rewind device so I can put multiple dump files on the tape. ////jerry > > Bob > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"