OK the tar cv /path/to/file >/dev/st0 works, but tar xv </dev/st0 gives this error
Sep 28 17:39:57 babylon5 kernel: st0: Error with sense data: [valid=0] Info fld= 0x0, Current st09:00: sense key Aborted Command Sep 28 17:39:57 babylon5 kernel: Additional sense indicates Data phase error Sep 28 17:43:56 babylon5 kernel: sym53c875E-0: SCSI parity error detected: SCR1= 3 DBC=190026fc SBCL=ae tar: -: Cannot read: Input/output error tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now is this a problem with the tape drive, the SCSI card, or is it user error? Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:56:27 CDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >I just installed an HP SCSI Tape drive on my Debian(2.2) server. How do > >I found out what device it installed it as, and how do I mount it, so I can > >ta > >r stuff onto it? > > You don´t _mount_ a tape drive. You _t_ape _ar_chive (hence tar) stuff > to/from it. > > Try "tar cv /path/to/file >/dev/st0", then "tar xv </dev/st0" to verify > integrity. > > Tape-drive commands like rewind, erase etc are accessible via the > "mt"-util. > > hth, > &rw > -- > / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ > \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien / > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
