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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.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.xnet.com!news-admin From: vchiu@quake.xnet.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Exybytes Tape Drive Date: Mon, 06 May 1996 03:11:47 GMT Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4mjqhg$6et@flood.xnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vchiu.xnet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi, all, I'm newbie to FreeBSD and since I can not get any help or hint from the FAQ, so I ask help here. I use FreeBSD 2.1R and has a Exybytes 8205 tape drive connected tp Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter, during the bootup the kernel successfully detects it as a "st0" device. My question is : 1. How can I make sure the tape drive is working? If any Unix command I can issue to check? 2. I heard the tape must be preformatted before it can be used. If this is true how can I format the tape under FreeBSD? 3. Do I need to rewind the tape when I every time "tar" the files to backup? Is the command "mt" to serve this? Thanks in advance. Vincent