On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:59:26PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > ... > > BTW, I think the device you are using "/dev/tape" is the rewind > > on close device. Thus after the first dd ... count=1 command > > the tape probably rewinds to the beginning of the tape. > > /dev/ntape is likely the "leave the tape where it is" device. ... > > As to the other suggestions, my /dev/tape ls symlinked to /dev/nst0, so is > not rewinding.
Typically 'tape' references st0 and 'ntape' references nst0. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
