Subject: Re: Q: how to backup to a winchester tape drive?
To: Grant Miller <n9440963@gonzo.cc.wwu.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/05/1995 01:42:11
Grant Miller writes:
> On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Max Bell wrote:
> > Unless NetBSD's tape device is unusual, it needs a letter after
> > the name -- "wt0a", for example.  The diffent letters have
> > meanings which are driver dependent.  Usually, "h" is the highest
> > capacity mode for the device.  YMMV, of course.
> 
> On my system, there is only one device /dev/wt0.  No wt0a, wt0h.  
> Nothing.  So, it looks like I have to make the device?

On my unix machines, I've never used a tape device with a letter at
the end of the name. Its always /dev/rwt0, /dev/nrst0, etc.

Perry