MIKE@CISCO.NOSC.MIL (10/16/90)
I'm trying to access an 8mm tape unit on a remote Sun ... % rsh kluso mt -f /dev/rst1 status Exabyte EXB-8200 8mm tape drive: sense key(0x0)= no sense residual= 0 retries= 0 file no= 0 block no= 0 According to TM, using the -t option I should be able to specify such a unit: % mt -t kluso:/dev/rst1 status kluso:/dev/rst1: I/O error At least I seem to be able to validate the existence of a drive: % mt -t kluso:/dev/rst2 status kluso:/dev/rst2: No such device or address Of course, I want to eventually use Backup -t to dump to the Sun. I have a feeling it won't work, I'm wondering why? Do I have to have an 8mm driver on the local host? If this won't work, why doesn't the documentation say so? (SGI?) Mike ............................................................................... . Mike Pawka Systems Programmer NOSC San Diego, CA 92152 . . Internet: mike@cisco.nosc.mil OR pawka@nosc.mil 619-553-4108 . ............................................................................... . C O O L R U N N I N G S . ...............................................................................