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 -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
