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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: /dev/ft0 "not configured" ????
Date: 27 Apr 1997 22:37:25 GMT
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cazzi@usa.net (Ana) wrote:
> The tape drive has ben recognised correctly - and I think tar cvf
> /dev/ft0 works .. but tar xvf /dev/ft0 accesses the tape, then generates
> the error message tape not configured - what am I doing wrong.
As i wrote you already in private mail, i don't have an idea where
you've got the misconception that a `tar cvf /dev/rft0' might have
written anything. I'm pretty sure that it could have at most
yielded an
if (FDTYPE(minor(bp->b_dev)) & F_TAPE_TYPE) {
/* ft tapes do not (yet) support strategy i/o */
bp->b_error = ENODEV;
^^^^^^
bp->b_flags |= B_ERROR;
goto bad;
}
...ENODEV (``Operation not supported by device'').
--
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. ;-)