Re: using DLT tape drive in linux

2003-03-17 Thread Joe Polk
Did you check dmesg to see if your tape drive is being found? The mt utility should find your device if the kernel did. <> On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 02:44, Eric Medina wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:32 Bret Hughes wrote: > > > is /dev/tape linked to st0? > > > > try mt status /dev/st0 > > > > is

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux

2003-03-13 Thread Brad Alpert
>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:32 Bret Hughes wrote: >> > > Someone suggested that you need a different controller. I don't > know about that. > > Things to consider with scsi are correct cable terminations and > device ids. Your manual should tell you how to make sure that > there is exaclty one

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux

2003-03-13 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 01:44, Eric Medina wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:32 Bret Hughes wrote: > > > is /dev/tape linked to st0? > > > > try mt status /dev/st0 > > > > is the st module loaded? > > > > lsmod > > > > if not try > > > > insmod st > > > > you can create /dev/tape if it does not exi

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux

2003-03-12 Thread Eric Medina
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:44:32 Bret Hughes wrote: > is /dev/tape linked to st0? > > try mt status /dev/st0 > > is the st module loaded? > > lsmod > > if not try > > insmod st > > you can create /dev/tape if it does not exist. > > ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape > Ys, the st module is loaded. I did what yo

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux (change of topic)

2003-03-10 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:36, Kevin Krumwiede wrote: > The message to which I'm replying contains a HTML IMG tag that points to > some kind of CGI script on www.icq.com. The image is being loaded by > Evolution even though I have selected "never load images off the net". > This results in an annoyi

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux (change of topic)

2003-03-10 Thread Kevin Krumwiede
The message to which I'm replying contains a HTML IMG tag that points to some kind of CGI script on www.icq.com. The image is being loaded by Evolution even though I have selected "never load images off the net". This results in an annoying delay when I scroll past it in the message list. I am us

Re: using DLT tape drive in linux

2003-03-10 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 04:26, Eric Medina wrote: > Hi! I've got a bit of a problem with my DLT tape drive connected to pc server > running redhat 7.1. The DLT drive is daisychained with my ciprico 6500 raid array > and both are detected by the system. However, I cant use tar or mt. When I run mt