Lawrence wrote: >What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape >drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup?
SCSI tape drives are: crw-rw-rw- 2 root root 9, 0 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 96 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0a crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 32 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0l crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 64 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0m If you have more than one you can create /dev/st1 and so on The SCSI tapes are assigned to st[0-9] in the order that they are recognised at boot time. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 Unsolicited email advertisements are not welcome; any person sending such will be invoiced for telephone time used in downloading together with a £25 administration charge. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .