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b20.2 Problem accessing scsi tape drive on WIndows NT SP5.
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- Subject: b20.2 Problem accessing scsi tape drive on WIndows NT SP5.
- From: Paul Stearns <pauls at compuace dot com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 11:24:58 -0500
Whomever:
I have installed full.exe. The files in the bin directory are data\ed
12/01/98. I have been unable to access an Archive Python 2550-XXX 4mm
DAT drive.
Some information about my configuration;
Windows NT v4.0 SP5
Dual processor Pentium 200
128MB memory
Hard dirves are IDE
Tape controller is Buslogic
I am a novice with the CYGWIN product. I am somewhat unix proficient. I
have read the FAQs and the online documentation.
My end goal is to read tar tapes created on a SCO unix 3.2.4.2.
When I first installed the CYGWIN on this machine and typed the mount
command the only device mounted was C:\ as \. So I decided I needed to
mount
the tape drive. I tried a variety of mount commands. The one I thought
most likely to work was;
mount -b //./tape0 /dev/st0
bash said that /dev/st0 was not a directory. So I tried to create
/dev/st0 using the mkdir commands I was successful in creating /dev, but
it wouldn't work.
I also tried to tar the tape with the "NT?" device name with the
following command;
tar -tvf //./tape0
When doing this I got a permission denied message.
I tried finding any problems in by searching the archives and I
downloaded mt.exe version 1.8. When I try the following;
mt -f \\.\tape0 rewind
mt says mt: '<null>' is no tape device
I have tried everything I know I was hoping someone might be able to
help.
I have inclueded some of the stuff I've tried below.
Paul
bash-2.02$ mount
Device Directory Type Flags
C: / native text!=binary
bash-2.02$ mount -b //./Tape0 /dev/st0
Warning: /dev/st0 is not a directory!
bash-2.02$ mkdir /dev
bash-2.02$ mkdir /dev/st0
mkdir: cannot make directory `/dev/st0': No such file or directory
bash-2.02$ rmdir /dev
bash-2.02$
bash-2.02$
bash-2.02$
bash-2.02$ tar -tvf //./tape0
tar: Read error on //./tape0: Permission denied
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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