Wilson: I have a SCSI tape too. The device names are /dev/st0 (rewinds after each operation) and /dev/nst0 (does NOT rewind after each operation - you or your program/script must do the rewind).
You can use 'mt -f /dev/[n]st0 OPERATION' to manipulate a tape (do man mt for a description of the OPERATIONS that are available). For backups, use 'tar' or (I prefer) 'dump and restore'. Dean Provins Calgary ----------------------- > Dear all, > > I have a scsi tape drive and want to use it to backup. From the > output of dmesg, i know that the tape drive is detected. However, I don't > know the device file name of the drive. > > The output of "dmesg" command : > > scsi : 1 host. > Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-34330W Rev: S65A > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. > Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-34330W Rev: S65A > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 > (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST31200N Rev: 8648 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 > (scsi0:0:2:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST31200N Rev: 8648 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 > (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. > Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-2000E Rev: E326 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > (scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 5.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. > scsi : detected 4 SCSI disks total. > > > > Pls help! Thank you very much! > > Wilson > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
