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Subject: Re: SCSI tape help From: "Jose M. Sanchez" <opjose@ex-pressnet.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 23:02:49 -0400 Clay Fast=20 wrote: > Would someone please steer me to the right documentation to set up a = > SCSI cartridge tape drive on RH 6.0. There is not much to it. type dmesg | grep tape You'll get back Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Where the ID will vary depending upon your tape unit... If you don't get = this back, either your interface is not set up or your interface is not = recognizing the tape unit... Since a few tape utilities want a symbolic link to the actual tape = device, you'll need to do this... "ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape" Then check to make sure Linux recognizes it... [opjose@dualcpu ~]# mt status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=3D-1, block number=3D-1, partition=3D0. Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default). Soft error count since last status=3D0 General status bits on (1010000): ONLINE IM_REP_EN If you get back any type of status message, everything is working... /dev/nst0 is your non-rewinding device /dev/st0 is your rewinding device That's it! === Subject: AIWA TD-8000 SCSI tape Drive From: John Schmerold <john@katy.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:44:46 -0500 Aiwa's TD-8000 8GB SCSI tape drive is being advertised for less than $100, has anyone used it? I'm most interested in its use under Red Hat 6.0 === Subject: RE: AIWA TD-8000 SCSI tape Drive From: "Kurt A. Brust" <cltkbrust@carolina.rr.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 12:16:49 -0400 works fine -----Original Message----- From: John Schmerold [SMTP:john@katy.com] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 12:02 PM To: redhat-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: AIWA TD-8000 SCSI tape Drive Yes, but does it work well?? ===