On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 03:04:59AM -0400, Charles Galpin wrote:
> not much help, but
>
> what does 'mt -f /dev/nht0 status' return?
> Have you tried a different tape (i have had tapes go bad)
>
> hth
> charles
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Rick Knebel wrote:
>
> > I am trying to use my atapi tape drive with RedHat 6.2
What kind of drive is it? Is it a Sony Superstation or Aiwa Bolt?
If so, they are known not to work with Linux, and never will. Apparently
they are only ATAPI in a most superficial way, the underlying machine
is incompatible, the ATAPI driver maintaner apparently spent a LOT of
work to support them and was unsuccessful. Also, the manufacturer has
dropped those drives (they are said to be the SAME drive) so there's
now no push to make them work.
If not one of those, you may find it helpful to join the linux-tape
mailing list where there seem to be some knowledgeable people.
Fred
> >
> > If I issue the command mt -f /dev/nht0 rewind nothing happens
> > with the command mt -f /dev/nht0 erase it says input and output error
> > the only command that works is retension.
>
>
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