Re: tape drive problem

2001-12-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 01:56:48PM -0800, Richard Weil ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi -- > > I can't access use my tape drive with the tar or mt programs and could > use some help. > > I'm running a 2.4.12 kernel and using a SCSI Seagate DDS3 tape drive. > The drive appears to be recognized fin

Re: tape drive problem

2001-12-05 Thread Matt M
What does mt -f /dev/[n]st0 status report? Are you including the -f and specifying the device in your mt commands? -- mt's default device is /dev/tape, from memory, so you'll need to override it (or create a symlink in /dev). HTH, Matt At 08:56 06/12/2001, Richard Weil wrote: Hi -- I can't