Re: backups using tar - /dev/ht0
hi ya bob...
mt is complaining....
so you do NOT have /dev/ht0 as a device....
until mt works....and you can hear the tape rewind and/or eject...
its NOT working yet...
manually creaate a device called /dev/ht0 with mknod...
and give it the type, and major and minor id
if the device is made properly... it should be like
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 37, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/ht0
until "ls -la /dev/ht0" looks liek the above line...
there is no point to doing any mt/tar commands..
what kind of tape drive do you have etc would dictate which
tape driver yu are gonna be using
c ya
alvin
On 10 Aug 2001, Bob Koss wrote:
> >>>>> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> writes:
>
> Alvin> did you try: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ht0
>
> That's exactly what I did.
>
> Alvin> = should work, if not...
>
> Alvin> more info
> Alvin> http://www-wsg.cso.uiuc.edu/resources/unixguide/devices.html
>
> Alvin> you do it the hard way # crw-rw---- 1 root disk 37, 0 May 5
> Alvin> 1998 /dev/ht0 # # manually create the device that MAKEDEV
> Alvin> failed to do.. # donno why it didnt work for you # root#
> Alvin> mknod /dev/ht0 c 37 0
>
>
> Alvin> when ready... can you access the tape ( stick in a blank
> Alvin> tape .. :-) )
>
> Okay, got /dev/ht0 made again.
>
>
> Alvin> mt -f /dev/ht0 rewind mt -f /dev/ht0 eject
>
> mt: /dev/ht0: Input/output error
>
>
>
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