Hello Vlad,
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 06:23:22PM +0200, Vlad Popa wrote:
> How could I access the tapedrive with amanda which is a rewinding device, not
> a non-rewinding ?
In my setup (a Debian 3.0 i386 system as yours), I use
tapedev "/dev/nst0"
> Could it be that /dev/nst0 would be physically the same device (e.g. my
> travan tape ) as /dev/st0 without the rewinding option ?
That's correct. The manpage for st (the SCSI tape driver) shows:
/dev/st* : the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
/dev/nst* : the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
Perhaps you will also find the mt (magentic tape) manpage helpful.
The mt tool allows you to manually operate your tape device.
Greetings,
Martin.
