MIKEMAC%UNB.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca (Michael J. MacDonald) (09/14/89)
We have a Sun 4/260 that has a 1600 bpi tape drive, running SunOs 4.0. If we try to access /dev/rmt0 the tape drive works as expected However /dev/nrmt0 does not. If we do a mt -f /dev/nrmt0 fsf 1 it complains ''unknown device'' but an ls -l /dev/nrmt0 says its there. We are new to the Sun machines and this particular tape drive has had a lot of problems. This could be anything from a hardware problem to a RTFM problem. Any ideas as a starting point. I'm posting this for a Survey Engineer who is trying to admin the system, respond to me and I'll play relay... ======================================================================== Michael MacDonald I.S.P. Software Specialist, School of Computer Science University of New Brunswick Po. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick CANADA E3B 5A3 (506) 453-4566 Netnorth/BITNET: MIKEMAC@UNB.CA ======================================================================== Lead, follow or get out of the way. ========================================================================