Great, Thanks much for the help :) According to the manufacture I have to add in the file st.conf the tape device configuration and then reboot -r. But do I realy have to reboot -r? or does typing "devfsadm -c tape" would be enough?
After modifying the file dt.conf according to manufacture spec I tried: > rm -f /dev/rmt/* > devfsadm -c tape but I don't think it identified the new tape drive... >mt -f /dev/rmt/0n I got: >/dev/rmt/0n: no tape loaded or drive offline Rebooting the server is a little painful - users has to logout etc. Thx, gil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Cuttler Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:34 PM To: Eric Siegerman Cc: Amanda-Users Subject: Re: mounting/identifying a new tape drive 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. > -- > > | | /\ > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | / > The animal that coils in a circle is the serpent; that's why so > many cults and myths of the serpent exist, because it's hard to > represent the return of the sun by the coiling of a hippopotamus. > - Umberto Eco, "Foucault's Pendulum" --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
