The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well.
I have an old IBM Model 7207-001 scsi tape drive that I have obtained from some old IBM RS/6K equipment we are no longer using. I would like to use the tape drive as a backup device even though it is rather ancient. I connected the tape drive into my scsi chain and rebooted the Debian 2.0 system still running 2.0.36 of the kernel. Both the bios and linux recognize the drive as a Tandberg MOdel tdc3600 drive. I have found some information on the drive on the Tandberg home page. I have some old 150 Mb tapes that I can use, but I think that the drive may also be able to use 250 Mb tape cartridges as well. The problem is that even though the kernel recognizes the drive, I am having trouble using it. I cannot find a "HOWTO" such as "how to connect an external scsi tape drive" or something to that effect. In "Running Linux", Welsh & Kaufman, 1995, on page pp of chapter 1 it does list the Tandberg 3600 as a "verfied scsi tape drive" for Linux. For example, if I issue the command mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl I get the following error message mt: /dev/st0: Input/output error It is possible that the drive is bad, but I think it works fine on the original installation of the RS/6K. Where can I get some help on connecting and configuring this drive? Thanks
