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Re: Test, question
- To: Aki Sasaki/mail+schedule <Aki dot Sasaki at exchangebrk dot BARRA dot com>
- Subject: Re: Test, question
- From: Jim Balter <jqb at netcom dot com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 01:13:10 -0800
- CC: "'gnu'" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Organization: JQB Enterprises
- References: <c=US%a=_%p=BARRA%l=ZEUS-970221222539Z-20838@exchangebrk.barra.com>
Aki Sasaki/mail+schedule wrote:
>
> I just downloaded and installed the full version of cygwin32...
> basically, i wanted to use it to tar an entire directory (the d:\ drive)
> to tape0.
> is there something i'm doing wrong, or is this impossible?
> otherwise the bash shell seems to be working...
> i can access my a:\ drive, although the cdrom and cdr seem to be defunct
> (that's ok, i only need the tape drive). but i can't seem to open or
> write to /dev/st0.
>
> just in case it matters...it's an exabyte scsi 8mm drive, adaptec
> controller. but scsi doesn't seem to matter, since the d:\ drive is
> also scsi, same controller. i can also get to the tape drive through
> the NT backup utility...
>
> any ideas?
/dev/st0 is mapped (via the mount table) to \\.\tape0
However, path.cc is broken; it turns that into \\tape0
You could ask Geoff Noer to fix it, but you might need to buy a license
first.
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