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Re: mounting/identifying a new tape drive

2005-02-03 13:40:05
Subject: Re: mounting/identifying a new tape drive
From: Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org>
To: Eric Siegerman <erics AT telepres DOT com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:33:30 -0500
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:18:44PM -0500, Eric Siegerman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 12:47:34PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> >   rm -f /dev/rmt/*
> >   devfsadm -c tape
> 
> Does that do (the tape-related subset of) the same thing as a
> reconfiguration boot, i.e. with "-r"?


Eric,

I believe that "-C -c" tape does the equiv of -r on reboot but only
for tape devices. -c for create, -C for cleanup.

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