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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!torn!sis!pcmonk.sheridanc.on.ca!doug From: doug.berry@sheridanc.on.ca Subject: no-rewind using wt? Message-ID: <1993Mar10.153001.632@sis.uucp> Originator: doug@pcmonk.sheridanc.on.ca Sender: news@sis.uucp (Usenet maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: pcmonk.sheridanc.on.ca Reply-To: doug.berry@sheridanc.on.ca Organization: Sheridan College Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 15:30:01 GMT Lines: 12 What is the correct procedure to create a no-rewind device using the wt (QIC) driver? I've tried mknod /dev/nrwt0 c 10 4 but this doesn't appear to ``do the right thing''. Drive light stays on after a read or write, recovers from tar cf /dev/nrwt0 386bsd complain of unexpected EOF, etc... Has anyone done this, or is there not full support in the wt driver? Thanks, doug