At 12:27 AM 2/23/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Ben Ocean wrote:
> >
> > Hi;
> > I'm having a heck of a hard time configuring my tape drive. I have RH6.2
> > and a SeaGate 20/40 LVD DDS-4. I ran this command:
> >  >>>
> > thewebsons:/dev# mt -f st0 rewind
> > <<<
> > and it gave me another command prompt so I guess it liked it. I presume
> > that means RH knows the device is there, right? However, I ran these 
> commands:
>
>I would assume so to bit did the tape drive light come on?

Dunno. The machine is located elsewhere.



> >  >>>
> > thewebsons:/usr/lib/apache# tar -cvf /dev/st0 /apache
> > tar: /dev/st0: Read-only file system
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > thewebsons:/usr/lib/apache# tar -tvf /dev/st0
> > tar: Read error on /dev/st0: Input/output error
> > tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
> > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> > <<<
> > and as you can see, no luck. So, then I got to wondering if all I need to
> > do is format the tape. But apparently you can't do that in Linux?! Where do
> > I go from here?
> >
>
>What do the perms on the tape device look like?

root.disk
Is that what it should be?

>what does
>mt -f /dev/st0 status
>return?
>
>
>Bret
>
>
>
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