SCSI tape - device is missing

[Corinna Vinschen]

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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