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From: mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS Staff)
Subject: exabyte drive and 386bsd? will it work?
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:17:06 GMT
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I am trying to use an exabyte scsi drive with 386bsd.  I am not sure
about the device name.

I have the drive set as device #2.  I have tried

tar -cvf /dev/as2d and the drive kicks, but I get errors.

What is the correct device name for a scsi drive?

mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS Staff)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario