athos@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au (David Burren [Athos]) (12/21/89)
The 2.2.3 documentation talks about cartridge tape devices, under tape(HW). Problem is, my machine has a drive installed (a SysGen) but has no /dev entries for it. What am I missing? Seems rather weird to me. Thanks _______________________________________________________________________________ David Burren (Athos), ACSnet: athos@otto.rmit.oz.au img Consultants, - ADDRESS ABOUT TO CHANGE - GPO Box 3304GG, Melbourne, 3001, try: athos%eyrie@labtam.oz.au VIC, Australia.
jdw@hpfijdw.HP.COM (Jeff Wood) (12/23/89)
I have just installed a Xenix system on my Vectra RS/25 (awesome machine!!). I am new to Xenix, so correct me if I am wrong. My tape drive came with tape driver software that had to be linked into the kernel. After loading the software, I used a utility called "mkdev tape". This is a standard function in Xenix and should make "/dev/rmt0" and "/dev/rmtmini" device files. If this doesn't work, you should look at the man page on "fixperm". Fixperm with the "-c" option will also make these files but the tape driver must reside in the kernel for the drive to work. Jeff (Unix Guru, Xenix fledgling) Wood