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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!usenet From: Clark B <clark@bcgi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with tape backup Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 19:20:37 -0500 Organization: BCGI.com Lines: 18 Message-ID: <31797F55.1422@bcgi.com> References: <31752B90.73EA@shoreland.com> <4l6e1t$1oj@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: win.bcgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (WinNT; I) J Wunsch wrote: > Thanva Khouvongsavanh <thanva@shoreland.com> writes: > >in the config file. I then did a 'sh MAKEDEV ft0' after I reboot the machine. > >When I do a 'mt -f /dev/ft0 rewind', I get a "Device not configured" > > > >Am I missing a step somewhere? > > You need to filter all your floppy tape data through ft(8). > I am also having this problem.... I changed to FreeBSD because I couldn't keep the hackers out of my Linux box. Anyways..... the commands listed in the man page for ft STILL give the device not configured error. IS there a FAQ somewhere?? -=-clark