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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!tfs.com!mailhub.tfs.com!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to Use 4mm DAT (SCSI) Drive with FreeBSD? Date: 21 Nov 1995 02:37:27 GMT Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <48re17$k6e@times.tfs.com> References: <dhawkDIB2vL.rq@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhub.tfs.com In article <dhawkDIB2vL.rq@netcom.com>, David H <dhawk@netcom.com> wrote: :I have a 4mm DAT (SCSI) drive on my Pentium. Can I use it for dumps? :If so, how do I find its SCSI number (it's at a remote site so I :can't take it apart) and how to dump to it? You don't need to know it's SCSI number.. it'll be /dev/rst0 if it's the only tape drive on the machine (device number is independent of SCSI position in default kernels) use 'dmesg' to see the devices found julian