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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ncar!ico!spatial!alek
- From: alek@spatial.com (Alek O. Komarnitsky)
- Subject: Can "mt" commands be using on 1/4" Cartrdige tape on HP400's w/HP-UX8.0?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.011714.11077@spatial.com>
- Originator: alek@spatial
- Sender: usenet@spatial.com
- Organization: Spatial Technology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado)
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:17:14 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- Subject line pretty much says it all. A user here wants to put several tar
- files as seperate "savesets" on a single tape. One can do this on DAT or
- Sun 1/4" tape drives by using multiple tar commands and being sure to specify
- the no-rewind device. However, I have not been able to figure out what
- to use for the HP 1/4" tape drive connected via HP-IB (HP400 w/HP-UX8.0)
-
- The tape drive works fine for all others sort of commands. Here's some
- output when I try to use the mt command:
- balu (ALEK) ls -l /dev/update.src
- crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4 0x070200 Sep 11 13:12 /dev/update.src
- balu (ALEK) mt -t /dev/update.src rew
- rewind 1 failed: Invalid argument
-
- The Installing Peripherals Manual is pretty sketchy here, but it appears that
- all the minor numbers are allready used for other stuff. In addition, there's
- an on-line man page for "mkdev", but it does not seem to exist in /etc/mkdev
- despite a full install from tape (?)
-
- Help!
-
- Alek Komarnitsky 303-449-0649
- Software Tools Manager, Spatial Technology, Inc. 2425 55th Street, Bldg A
- alek@spatial.com Boulder, CO 80301-5704
-