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From: Mark Himsley <mark AT mdsh DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc: "Sisira Jayasinghe" <sisira AT cinci DOT rr DOT com>
Subject: Re: trying to mount a DAT drive on Cygwin running on Windows 98 2nd Ed
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 01:03:23 +0100
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On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:49:29 -0400 Sisira Jayasinghe wrote:

>I am trying to mount a DAT drive on Cygwin running on Windows 98 2nd Ed.
>using the command
>mount -b //./tape0 /dev/st0           # mount first tape as the rewind
>device...
>But it does not work. I tried to run mkdev and there was no such command.
>
>As I am new to Cygwin, I would appreciate if you can help me.

You do not have to mount the tape device. The devices /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0
(the non-rewind version) are automagicly created for you if you have a tape
device connected to Windows.
Just use mt -f /dev/nst0 <command> and/or tar -<command> -f /dev/nst0.

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Mark Himsley
In Acton

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