Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Mounting a Tape (repost) Message-ID: <8341@smoke.ARPA> Date: 14 Aug 88 14:57:03 GMT References: <302@hrc.UUCP> <848@cbnews.ATT.COM> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 8 In article <848@cbnews.ATT.COM> lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: >In article <302@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel VP) writes: >>How do I mount a file system on a REEL-to-REEL tape on Unix 5.2? >Mount accepts *any block device*, not just disks. This form of access >is very slow, but should work. So long as no write is performed! The mount should be read-only. 1/2" magtape is not in general block-replaceable, unlike DECtape.