From: john@jpsc.co.uk (John Cooper) Subject: Why can't I access my SCSI DAT drive with tar under NT? 15 Jul 1997 09:01:53 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Reply-To: john@jpsc.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Virtual Access by Ashmount Research Ltd, http://www.ashmount.com Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Original-Cc: john@jpsc.co.uk Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com this is GNU tar 1.11.8 which came with b18 I've tried: tar -tvf \\\\.\\tape0 mount -b \\\\.\\tape0 /dev/st0 tar -tvf /dev/st0 and so on but I get: "tar: Cannot open \\.\tape0: No such file or directory" -- John Cooper (JPSC Ltd, UK) - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".