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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!zib-berlin.de!news.tu-chemnitz.de!irz401!uriah.heep!not-for-mail From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: How to conf. Jumbo tape drive? Date: 12 Nov 1995 16:35:13 +0100 Organization: Private FreeBSD site, Dresden. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <48547h$kmg@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <483h80$pv8@oxy.rust.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriah.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Jon A. Pummell <pummell@rust.net> wrote: >tar -cvf /dev/rft0 and tar -cvf /dev/rft0a both print the file name and >tar: can't write to /dev/rft0a : Operation not supported by device >and also quits without any tape movement. ``Operation not supported by device'' is not ``Device not configured''. So basically, your device *is* configured. RTFM ft(8). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)