I have got the tape drive working.
First I used the kernel boot option "hdd=ide-scsi".
Then I used:
modprobe ide-scsi /dev/hdd
to load the pseudo lower level SCSI device driver.
Now I can access the tape using /dev/st0.
This link was helpful:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-2.4-HOWTO/sr.html#s
David Zuccaro wrote:
Hi,
How do I install an ide aptapi tape drive under debian?
The tape drive is a seagate STT8000 (4/8gb)
I have physically installed it. It works for the other os'es I have
installed on this pc but I want to use it with debian.
You need to install the ide-scsi module and
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