On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 22:12, Marco Greene (Home) wrote: > ..I am a little confused about tape devices in FreeBSD. > > Under the /dev directory...I have the following tape devices: > # ls *sa* > ersa0 esa0.1 nrsa0.3 rsa0.0 sa0.1 > ersa0.0 esa0.2 nsa0 rsa0.1 sa0.2 > ersa0.1 esa0.3 nsa0.0 rsa0.2 sa0.3 > ersa0.2 nrsa0 nsa0.1 rsa0.3 sa0.ctl > ersa0.3 nrsa0.0 nsa0.2 rsa0.ctl > esa0 nrsa0.1 nsa0.3 sa0 > esa0.0 nrsa0.2 rsa0 sa0.0 > > I have figured out most of it by searching on the net...but any > clarification or pointers to documentation would be helpful. > > This is what I have figured out so far (feel free to correct me if I am > wrong). > -e[r]sa0 = Eject > -n[r]sa0 = No Rewind > -[r]sa0 = Rewind > -The .ctl file should be used with the "mt" command. > > > > This is what I still need explained: > -The difference between the /dev/*rsa0 devices and /dev/?sa0 devices? i.e. > What is the "r" for? The r stands for "raw" access (vs. "block" access without r) IIRC. The sa(4) manpage has more information about the different modes of the tape, which are coded into the first and second bit of the minor number (see ls -l /dev/*sa*)
> -What is the .0, .1, .2 and .3? I think those refer to different units. /dev/sa0 is a symlink to /dev/sa0.0 on my machine. > > Thanks, > Marco > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Andreas Kohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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