On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 06:18:19PM +0000, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > Team: > > I installed an HP DDS-4 SCSI tape-drive to my existing Woody system. Upon > the reboot, the startup messages showed that it was detected, but I guess > the base install doesn't include support for it because: > > boulion:/cdrom# tar cvf /dev/st0 /home > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > home/ > home/lost+found/ > home/madmac/ > home/madmac/.bashrc > home/madmac/.bash_profile > home/madmac/.xsession-errors > tar: /dev/st0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > boulion:/cdrom# > > So I assume I need to install a module for this. My questions:
I think that is not the problem. If I try this on a machine without a tapedrive, I get a 'no such device' error. What does 'mt -f /dev/st0 status' report ? Maybe you should try 'mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 10240' before the tar command (the default tar blocksize is 10240 bytes) > 1. How do I find out what modules support what devices? > > 2. Where are the instructions for adding/installing a module? > > All the stuff I found via google and linuxhelp.org was centered around what > to do when installing linux, or using kudzu with Red Hat . . . > > TIA > > mamdac > > -- > Doug MacFarlane > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
