freebsd stable - Aug 2003 - About SCSI Tape

Hi, all.

I try to use HP Surestore 24e tape device with FreeBSD 
4.8-STABLE
(built on Mon May 12 09:32:15 YEKST 2003).

I have a small experience with that device on Solaris.

The question I want to ask is - why system tells me

===Cut==# mt -f /dev/sa0 status
mt: /dev/sa0: Device not configured
===Cut==
when there is no tape in it ? In Solaris there is more 
appropriate
message - "Tape not loaded or drive offline".

Is it normal in FreeBSD ?

When the tape is inside - all is great.

===Cut==# mt -f /dev/sa0 status
Mode      Density              Blocksize      bpi 
Compression
Current:  0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
---------available modes---------
0:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
1:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
2:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
3:        0x25:DDS-3           variable       97000    DCLZ
---------------------------------
Current Driver State: at rest.
---------------------------------
File Number: 0  Record Number: 0        Residual Count 0
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:05:25PM +0600, Serge V. Panchencko
wrote:
> Hi, all.
> 
> I try to use HP Surestore 24e tape device with FreeBSD 
> 4.8-STABLE
> (built on Mon May 12 09:32:15 YEKST 2003).
> 
> I have a small experience with that device on Solaris.
> 
> The question I want to ask is - why system tells me
> 
> ===Cut==> # mt -f /dev/sa0 status
> mt: /dev/sa0: Device not configured
> ===Cut==> 
> when there is no tape in it ? In Solaris there is more 
> appropriate
> message - "Tape not loaded or drive offline".
> 
> Is it normal in FreeBSD ?
Yes.

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