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From: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Anyone know how to make A/UX recognize tape drive?
Message-ID: <7436@apple.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 88 05:27:05 GMT
References: <1577@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <35@obie.UUCP>
Reply-To: dwb@apple.UUCP (David W. Berry)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA
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In article <35@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes:
>In article <1577@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, buzz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Mahboud Zabetian) writes:
>> The tape drive is connected to the Mac II, but I don't seem to be able to 
>> access it.
>> Any UNIX people out tthere know how to mount it?  Thank you.
>
>You can't 'mount' a tape drive under Unix, mount only works for block
>devices like disk drives.  To use a tape, you have to know the device
>name for it.  You can read and write to/from the tape with tar, cpio,
>dump, or dd (depeding on your system).  The device is probably called
>something like /dev/rmt0.
	The Apple Tape Drive is currently not supported by A/UX.

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	David W. Berry
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