Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!morrison From: morrison@ficc.uu.net (Brad Morrison) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Colorado Memory Systems Tapes from boot floppies Keywords: Tapes, File Restoration Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 90 14:56:06 GMT References: <3569@thebes.Thalatta.COM> Reply-To: morrison@ficc.uu.net (Brad Morrison) Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corp. (NYSEG SCADA) Lines: 8 In article <3569@thebes.Thalatta.COM> campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) writes: >When I try the command ``tar -tvf /dev/rmt0'' I get the message >from tar that it cannot open /dev/rmt0. Has anyone made this work? Is /dev/rmt0 really out there? Although you linked in the drivers for the tape drive, you need the device. You can hack your diskettes, but you may want to change your boot-diskette-building scripts to always mknod /dev/rmt0, or perhaps copy it from your winchester's dev directory. -- Brad Morrison (713) 274-5449 | "OK. Come back tomorrow. Ferranti International Controls Corporation | Bring two apples and uunet!ficc!morrison morrison@ficc.uu.net | a hammer."