Re: How to create device for tape backup
>Thanks for the tip Bernt. I assume that MAKEDEV pulls the device info from > /proc/devices? Another tape-related device I've seen reference to (and thus > assume I need) is /dev/nht0. Any idea what that device might be for and why > two > are needed (in addition to whether it is made the same way:-) MAKEDEV gets device info out of /etc/devinfo (according to the manual page ;) /dev/nht0 is made the same way (or any device for that matter). /dev/ht0 is the auto-rewinding version of the device and /dev/nht0 leaves the tape device positioned at the end of whatever operation was just completed. My SCSI tape device is non-rewinding so I always use /dev/nst0. You will probably want to use /dev/nht0. Regards, Bernt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to create device for tape backup
Thanks for the tip Bernt. I assume that MAKEDEV pulls the device info from /proc/devices? Another tape-related device I've seen reference to (and thus assume I need) is /dev/nht0. Any idea what that device might be for and why two are needed (in addition to whether it is made the same way:-)? -- Regards,|Debian GNU/__ o http://www.debian.org . | / /__ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) |// /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ |...because lockups are for convicts... |What is or why Linux? Click on the below: http://www8.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/13/os1613.001.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to create device for tape backup
> cd /dev > ../MAKEDEV ht0 Sorry that should read cd /deb ./MAKEDEV ht0 not ../MAKEDEV ... Bernt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to create device for tape backup
>I just acquired an IDE tape backup and I believe that this uses ht0 > for a device. I've recompiled my kernel, and the kernel recognizes > the device at boot and I have a ht0 listed in /proc/devices, but I > don't have any sort of /dev/ht0 entry to use the device with. cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ht0 and it will create the /dev/ht0 device for you so you can use the drive. > >Can someone tell me what the standard way of addressing such a > device is; and perhaps give me a tutorial on using MAKEDEV to create > this device (I thought a MAKEDEV -v update would do the trick). > Thanks much in advance. /dev/MAKEDEV is a tool which creates devices in the /dev directory. You normally make the ones you need and ignore the ones you don't. Regards, Bernt. -- Bernt T. Hansen- Norang Consulting Incorporated --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems/ - 235 Bellamy Road N., Scarborough - phone: (416)431-6216 Analyst- Ontario, Canada M1J-2L7 -- fax: (416)431-2617 PGP Public Key fingerprint = CB 99 EC 07 DE F8 D5 8D 59 99 A5 E7 7E 7A 8C 9C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
