Oliver Elphick wrote: > > 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.
What is the meaning of suffix {a,l,m}? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .