J Just_Johnny Mar 19, 2009 #1 I've just installed a tape drive on my FreeBSD 7.1 machine. I'm trying to figure out if it even detected it or not. Could somebody please give me some pointers?
I've just installed a tape drive on my FreeBSD 7.1 machine. I'm trying to figure out if it even detected it or not. Could somebody please give me some pointers?
C Christopher Mar 20, 2009 #2 How is the tape drive attached to the system? Can you post your /var/run/dmesg.boot file, assuming you've booted the system with the tape drive attached?
How is the tape drive attached to the system? Can you post your /var/run/dmesg.boot file, assuming you've booted the system with the tape drive attached?
T tingo Mar 20, 2009 #3 Check out the mt(1) man page to find out how tape drives will show up in FreeBSD.
OP J Just_Johnny Mar 20, 2009 Thread Starter #4 Thanks Someone pointing me to the mt program was the help I needed. I'm new to UNIX but I'm slowly learning my way around. It's my understanding now that IDE tape drives aren't supported for FreeBSD. Am I wrong? Buying a SCSI tape drive isn't a practical solution for me so my only option might be building a windows machine for the job.
Thanks Someone pointing me to the mt program was the help I needed. I'm new to UNIX but I'm slowly learning my way around. It's my understanding now that IDE tape drives aren't supported for FreeBSD. Am I wrong? Buying a SCSI tape drive isn't a practical solution for me so my only option might be building a windows machine for the job.
fronclynne Mar 20, 2009 #5 IDE tape drives should be handled by atapist . . . which does not seem to have a corresponding man page . . . AHA! It is under ata(4). They appear to show up as /dev/ast* And, I (having never owned, nor tried to use, an ata tape drive) have no idea what utility would best interface. does mt barf? dd?
IDE tape drives should be handled by atapist . . . which does not seem to have a corresponding man page . . . AHA! It is under ata(4). They appear to show up as /dev/ast* And, I (having never owned, nor tried to use, an ata tape drive) have no idea what utility would best interface. does mt barf? dd?
OP J Just_Johnny Mar 20, 2009 Thread Starter #6 It's a Seagate Travan 40. I'm going to give it a second shot with the info Fronclynne provided.
