Why can't I access my SCSI DAT drive with tar under NT?

[Sergey Okhapkin]

Michael Hirmke wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> [...]
> > \\.\tape0:       /dev/st0            native      no-mixed,text=binary
> [...]
> > no-mixed,text!=binary $ tar -tvf /dev/st0
> > tar: Cannot open /dev/st0: No such file or directory
> > $
> 
> Same problem here - external SCSI DAT HP C1536A attached to a AHA2940
> BIOS 1.23.

Install cygwin.dll from my last "coolview" release, start cmd.exe, enter

set strace=1,trace
tar -tvf /dev/st0

Find in "trace" file lines concerning to device /fd/st0 stat/open, and e-mail me those lines.

BTW, cygwin's strace feature will help to anyone in most cases!

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Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Moscow, Russia
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