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Re: no-rewind pass0 on FreeBSD

2003-02-21 12:43:22
Subject: Re: no-rewind pass0 on FreeBSD
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:34 -0500
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:02:19PM +0100, nitewolf AT gangrel DOT de wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a DELL PowerVault 128T and a DELL PowerEDGE 1650.
> I'm running FreeBSD with mtx and the chg-zd-mtx script.
> FreeBSD doesn't recognize the tape devices, only /dev/pass0 as changer.
> But there is no such thing as a npass0.
> How do I tell the system that this device is supposed to be norewind?

Not familiar with FreeBSD, but generally the tape drive is a separate
device name from the tape changer mechanism.  It is the tape drive,
not the tape changer mechanism, that should be the no-rewind version.

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