On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 15:48, Aly Dharshi wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I have just put in a scsi card with a Compaq 20/40GB DAT tape drive, > what would be the device id or device name for this tape drive ? > > Cheers, > > Aly. >
To use it as a rewinding device ( will rewind after each command) /dev/st0 To use it as a nonrewinding device (won't rewind after each command ) use /dev/nst0 I have seen instances where I needed to load module st to get it to work evne though it was seen at boot by the kernel ( look in /var/log/dmesg for anything scsi here is some of mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]$ grep scsi /var/log/dmesg scsi0 : sym53c8xx-1.7.3c-20010512 scsi1 : sym53c8xx-1.7.3c-20010512 Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]$ grep DLT /var/log/dmesg Vendor: DEC Model: DLT2000 15/30 GB Rev: 840B [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]$ Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
