Hi, I'd like to know if anybody knows how to make taper work correctly with an Exabyte 8505 streamer (or whatever you call it:-)). My only problem is that I cannot use the "can seek" functionnality (if I use it, taper doesn't seem to be able to retrieve the good block; I guess my block-size settings are not correct), although someone told me that this drive could handle it.
As I don't have any documentation for this drive, I'm not sure it's true. Here's the result of cat /proc/scsi/scsi; if someone has the same drive and know what settings are needed with taper, please give me a hand: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00 Vendor: EXABYTE Model: EXB-85058HE-0000 Rev: 0085 Type: Sequential access ANSI SCSI revision: 2 Here are my settings (Tape drive preferences): Rewinding device: /dev/st0 Non-rewinding device: /dev/nst0 Have fast fsf: YES Can seek: NO (w/ taper, SCSI defaults to YES) Set block size: NO Get block size: NO Block size: 028K Need to erase tapes: NO Tape size in MB: 0 (If use anything else, taper doesn't work:() Please note: I _can_ make backups and I _can_ restore them; I just cannot use taper's "can seek" functionnality. Suggestions anybody ? Thanks, Seb. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
