Hi Todd.
 Thanks for the info. My netbsd-i386 has and uses block devices for tape, i
guess that is why i am confused.

I guess I am seeing something else then?

hp300# mt -t /dev/rst0 status
st0: NOT READY
mt: /dev/rst0: Input/output error
hp300# mt -t /dev/rst0 rew
st0: NOT READY
mt: /dev/rst0: Input/output error
hp300# uname -a
NetBSD hp300 1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #8: Sun Nov 19 21:36:31 MET 2000
he@is
abel.runit.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/hp300/compile/GENERIC hp300
hp300# dmesg | grep st
st0 at oscsi0 targ 3 lun 0: <HP, HP35450A      -A, BE00> (SCSI-2)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Vierling" <tv@wasabisystems.com>
To: "Chris Rupnik" <chrisr@beosppc.org>
Cc: <port-hp300@netbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: DDS driver in netbsd1.5


> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Chris Rupnik wrote:
>
> :  I just installed netbsd1.5 on my 425, so far, so good.
> :
> : It detected my DDS drive, but there is no /dev/st0 .
> : I noticed that the following is a comment in the makefile
>
> :                 # block devices don't work so don't make them
>
> Tape drives don't have block devices--they have character devices.
>
> /dev/rst0, /dev/nrst0, etc.  See the st(4) man page for an explanation of
> the different device files available; the actual filenames are shown in
the
> "FILES" section toward the end.
>
> --
> -- Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>  *  Wasabi NetBSD:  Run with it.
> -- NetBSD 1.5 now available on CD-ROM  --  http://www.wasabisystems.com/
>
>