mount tape drive 1

[stakadush]

hey
i'm trying to mount my tape drive (tandberg tdc 4100) i get this message:
mount: /dev/sa0: Block device required

is it possible to mount a tape drive? if so, how do i do it?
also,is it possible to tell dump to overwrite the tape?

cheers (-:

 

[axvpaa]

hi,
i don't know if you can mount tape drive ( never thought about that
personaly i use BRU

http://www.tolisgroup.com/

for backup on FreeBSD. if you wanna see how it is done with dump, check this url

http://www.freebsddiary.org/dump-restore.php

hth,
alex

 

[Chewie71]

Is there a site that describes the best way to do this using tar instead?

Thanks,
Matt