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Re: SCSI Tapes and devfs

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Subject: Re: SCSI Tapes and devfs
From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:59:18 -0500
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It's commerical - only because they can do bare iron recovery of windows
as well as linux systems and I've got both otherwise I'd be using open
source.  I've talked to them - they look for a /dev/sg that has the
changer and then try making the link.  I'll suggest to them they don't
do that!

Am I correct in thinking that any links I want to create are done in
/etc/devfsd.conf - that's my tool for getting devfs to do what I want?


On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 18:45:44 -0600
Steven Lembark <lembark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> -- "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > Okay,  I think I understand (some <G>).
> >
> > I need to use the cdrom entry as a model but change cdrom to tape or
> > auto_ changer0 - correct.
> >
> > I've found out that the backup software tries to find an sg device
> > for the library and then create a symlink to it - which doesn't work
> > under devfs.  I've got the library working by using /dev/sg2 as the
> > device instead of auto_changer0.
> >
> > So /etc/devfsd.conf is where we create these links that we want to
> > have and the copy lines make sure they are persistant??
> 
> Suggestion: Find the backup software authors and a
> cattle prod or baseball bat... perhaps you can then
> convince them that the installation code should not
> be munging your system unless you ask it to (or it
> at least asks first).
> 
> If the install is #! code hack the ln -fs out of it.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Steven Lembark                               2930 W. Palmer
> Workhorse Computing                       Chicago, IL 60647
>                                             +1 773 252 1080
> 


-- 

Brett I. Holcomb


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