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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
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Organization: Sheridan College
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 15:30:01 GMT
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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