Subject: Re: Tape Drives
To: Greg Putrich <gregp@primenet.com>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@edsi.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/06/1996 02:45:59
On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Greg Putrich wrote:
> Is the Apple Tape Backup 40SC supported?
>
> When I boot, it finds it on the bus, but it sez that's it hasn't been
> configured.
>
> I've made /dev/st1 & st2. Tried to save something to tape, but when I try
> to send it to tape, it sez that it's not configured.
Is it possible that you really need st0? Also, you'd want to use the
"raw" tape device, perhaps like this:
tar cvf /dev/rst0 /path/name/to/backup
--scott