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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: How to conf. Jumbo tape drive?
Date: 12 Nov 1995 16:35:13 +0100
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Jon A. Pummell <pummell@rust.net> wrote:

>tar -cvf /dev/rft0 and tar -cvf /dev/rft0a   both print the file name and 
>tar: can't write to /dev/rft0a : Operation not supported by device
>and also quits without any tape movement.

``Operation not supported by device'' is not ``Device not configured''.

So basically, your device *is* configured.

RTFM ft(8).
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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