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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!asuvax!ncar!csn!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ferrick From: ferrick@acsu.buffalo.edu (Patrick K. Ferrick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: /dev/rmt8: Bad Filfile descriptor ???? Message-ID: <C4F7G5.EyD@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 25 Mar 93 01:14:28 GMT References: <1993Mar24.064408.902@pyrian.com> Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 11 Nntp-Posting-Host: lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu I get tar: can't open /dev/rmt8: bad file descriptor when I try to run tar. (386bsd 0.1, Julians' SCSI drivers, otherwise generic) Can anybody tell me what the problem is? I created /dev/st* files using a MAKEDEV that I got from ref.tfs.com, and now I can't get at my tape drive. Thanks, pat