Re: scsi tape device

["David J. Mason" <dave@peckham.net>]

Hi,

* Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 09:31:42AM -0700, Dean Allen Provins wrote:
> I have a similar system.  If in /dev/, you have no 'st?' devices, try
> making them with 'mknod /dev/st0 c 9 0' <=> 'mknod /dev/st7  c 9 7'.
> Check the man page for correct options...
> 
> They should have root:tape ownership and be owner:group RW.  Put any
> users that need acces in group 'tape'

... or simply do:

# cd /dev
# MAKEDEV st0

That creates all the devices you'll need (st0, st0a, st0l, st0m, nst0,
nst0a, nst0l, nst0m) with the correct ownership and permissions.

-- 
David J. Mason <dave@peckham.net>