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Re: SCSI tape - device is missing
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:54:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: SCSI tape - device is missing
- References: <7.0.1.0.0.20061018121654.01bbbd58@nospam.levtov.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Oct 18 12:20, Meir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to read a SCSI tape using tar.
> Cygwin under XP Home.
>
> Adapter 0:0, SCSI ID 5.
> I was able to access the tape using a "tape snoop" (in XP), so this information is verified.
>
> //./tape0 doesn't seem to exist (tried mount -b to /dev/st0).
>
> How can I fix this?
By not mounting. Read the user's guide, particulary
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#id4729541
and use /dev/st0 resp. /dev/nst0 just so.
If you still can't read the tape content, it's probably related to
a differnt idea of the block size. See /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/mt.README.
Corinna
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