Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!sgi!markb@denali From: markb@denali Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Filesystems on tape and Videotapeing Summary: Mounting a tape filesystem Message-ID: <22560@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 29 Nov 88 16:52:08 GMT References: <8811290154.aa16495@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 41 In article <8811290154.aa16495@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, XBR2D96D@DDATHD21.BITNET (Knobi der Rechnerschrat) writes: > Hello Netlanders, > > I've got two problems: > > 1) This was sent by a colleague of mine some weeks ago and never > answered. We want to create a filesystem on the 1/4" cartridge > tape and mount it into our system (3130 or 4D/70G). The questions > are: a) is it possible at all? and > b) if (answer_a == yes) How to do it ??? > Regards > Martin Knoblauch > > TH-Darmstadt > Dept. Physical Chemistry 1 > Petersenstrasse 20 > D-6100 Darmstadt > West-Germany > > BITNET:Just reading the man page for mounting a tape as a filesystem. Have not actually tried this myself, but know of no reason why this should not work. By the way, here is an excerpt that may help: -r Mount the specified filesystem read-only. This is shorthand for: mount -o ro fsname dir Physically write-protected and magnetic tape filesys- tms must be mounted read-only, or errors occur when access times are updated, whether or not any explicit write is attempted. markb Mark Bradley "Faster, faster, until the thrill of IO Subsystems speed overcomes the fear of death." Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Mountain View, CA ---Hunter S. Thompson