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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Subject: Re: tape drive problems Message-ID: <1992Jul21.130623.15980@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 13:06:23 GMT References: <1992Jul21.015910.3456@chinet.chi.il.us> <1992Jul21.044227.5511@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Lines: 20 In article <1992Jul21.044227.5511@zip.eecs.umich.edu> dmuntz@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Daniel A Muntz) writes: >In article <1992Jul21.015910.3456@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: >> I have not been able to get the tape device (/dev/rwt0) >> to work properly on 0.1. >Try using the block device /dev/wt0. Hmmm. No /dev/wt0 on my system, just rwt0 major 10, minor 0. Mr Jolitz sent me email saying not to use the -B option for cpio because of a bug in the wt driver, but that didn't help. I will look around to see why wt0 is missing. Thanks! >I don't think you'll be pleased with the performance if you do get it working... Hey, an overnite backup is better than no backup! -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us