Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!sgi!markb@denali From: markb@denali Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Mounting Tape Drives as filesystems Keywords: Need a block device Message-ID: <22583@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 29 Nov 88 21:50:17 GMT Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 11 Tried mounting a tape drive per the man page. In direct contradiction to my last posting, the tape drive is a character device and this won't work. One must have a block device to mount a fs. Sorry for the mis- information. 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