yes! both ide and scsi work fine, although a lot of backup software wil
only work with scsi. tar woks fine for either.
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, MHS WebCrew wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to use a Seagate Traven tape drive on linux? I looked
> at the Seagate web site and found nothing. This is the only tape
> drive we have laying around and I would really like to make use of it.
> Any help, including drive locations (if available) are appreciated.
Just install it, and boot. Modules should get loaded automagically on
use. If it's scsi, it will be named
/dev/st0 use reguarily (rewinds the tape after each use)
/dev/nst0 non-rewinding - use if putting multiple archives on one
tape
If it's ATAPI,
/dev/ht0 regular
/dev/nht0 non-rewinding
us the 'mt' command to manipulate it. man mt for details, but try
mt -f /dev/[hs]t0 status
mt -f /dev/[hs]t0 rewind
to test the drive. you can make a symbolic link to /dev/[hs]t0 caled
/dev/tape to avoid using
the -f switch.
hth
charles
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