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SubjectRe: Exabyte EXB-10 tape changer
On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 01:09:24AM +0100, Riley Williams wrote:

> > open("/dev/sch0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not
> > implemented)
> > open("/dev/sch0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not
> > implemented)
> > open("/dev/sch0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
>
> > I'm not a kernel programmer, so I'd be very happy if someone could
> > help me fix this.
>
> That last one indicates that the node /dev/sch0 doesn't exist on your
> system.

No, it would give ENOENT if /dev/sch0 didn't exist.

My guess is that the module isn't loaded, /dev/sch0 has been created with
wrong type or major / minor numbers, or the module hasn't registered the
device for some reason.

> If that is the case, you'll need to determine the required major and
> minor numbers, then create the node from them.

Load the module, then cat /proc/devices

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