Vista Ultimate SUA tar

Hi!

Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
tape and read from e.g. third track?

mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.

Thanks

-Ronny Mandal

"Ronny Mandal" <> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
> tape and read from e.g. third track?
>
> mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Ronny Mandal


Why do I think you are talking about Unix or Linux commands here?

On 4 Jul, 22:12, "Gordon" <gbpli...@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> "Ronny Mandal" <ronn...@math.uio.no> wrote in message
>
> news:ed8fc652-8f35-4f3b-8182-...
>
> > Hi!
>
> > Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
> > tape and read from e.g. third track?
>
> > mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > -Ronny Mandal
>
> Why do I think you are talking about Unix or Linux commands here?
Your question does not solve the problem. I've checked the manual on
mt, and can see that there is no such thing as the fsf parameter. If I
was to rephrase the question, it would be "How do I use the Windows
Vista SUA to cue the tape to proper position and dump the data fra
that pos. to EOF".

Your attitude doesn't help either.

He said it seemed like you were attempting to use *nix based command
variables in an NT-based environment.

He was trying to figure out what you're up to.

If you can be nice then I'm sure someone will help.

"Ronny Mandal" <> wrote in message
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> On 4 Jul, 22:12, "Gordon" <gbpli...@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> "Ronny Mandal" <ronn...@math.uio.no> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ed8fc652-8f35-4f3b-8182-...
>>
>> > Hi!
>>
>> > Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
>> > tape and read from e.g. third track?
>>
>> > mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>>
>> > Thanks
>>
>> > -Ronny Mandal
>>
>> Why do I think you are talking about Unix or Linux commands here?
> Your question does not solve the problem. I've checked the manual on
> mt, and can see that there is no such thing as the fsf parameter. If I
> was to rephrase the question, it would be "How do I use the Windows
> Vista SUA to cue the tape to proper position and dump the data fra
> that pos. to EOF".

"Ronny Mandal" <> wrote in message
news:ed8fc652-8f35-4f3b-8182-...
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
> tape and read from e.g. third track?
>
> mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Ronny Mandal


SUA is a Qt/KDE-based sip user agent, according to freshmeat.net. If you
are going to interface with a tape drive from Vista you won't be able to do
it with the command strings as listed. I don't doubt that you could do it
using something like PowerShell. See:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../hubs/msh.mspx.
What has to happen in addition to that I don't know but also see:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...ubs/vista.mspx

On 5 Jul, 07:17, "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Ronny Mandal" <ronn...@math.uio.no> wrote in message
>
> news:ed8fc652-8f35-4f3b-8182-...
>
> > Hi!
>
> > Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
> > tape and read from e.g. third track?
>
> > mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > -Ronny Mandal
>
> SUA is a Qt/KDE-based sip user agent, according to freshmeat.net. *If you
> are going to interface with a tape drive from Vista you won't be able to do
> it with the command strings as listed. *I don't doubt that you could doit
> using something like PowerShell. *See:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../hubs/msh.mspx.
Thanks for the constructive answer. I'll check out on the links you've
provided and give you feedback if it worked or not.

-RM

> What has to happen in addition to that I don't know but also see:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...ubs/vista.mspx

"Ronny Mandal" <> wrote in message
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On 5 Jul, 07:17, "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Ronny Mandal" <ronn...@math.uio.no> wrote in message
>
> news:ed8fc652-8f35-4f3b-8182-...
>
> > Hi!
>
> > Is it possible to use tape0 as /dev/nst0, i.e. let mt position the
> > tape and read from e.g. third track?
>
> > mt -f /dev/tape0 fsf 1 did not work.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > -Ronny Mandal
>
> SUA is a Qt/KDE-based sip user agent, according to freshmeat.net. If you
> are going to interface with a tape drive from Vista you won't be able to
> do
> it with the command strings as listed. I don't doubt that you could do it
> using something like PowerShell.
> See:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../hubs/msh.mspx.
Thanks for the constructive answer. I'll check out on the links you've
provided and give you feedback if it worked or not.

-RM

> What has to happen in addition to that I don't know but also
> see:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...ubs/vista.mspx


You're welcome and good hunting.