before upgrading the kernel i went for the first time to use my tape
drive to back up my box. the dmesg output contained these lines:
hdd: Seagate STT8000A, ATAPI TAPE drivebut neither dump nor mt recognise it:
...
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0, 600KBps, 14*26kB buffer, 2600kB pipeline, 190ms tDSC
mortirolo:/# mt /dev/ht0can somebody lend a helping hand explaining what is wrong and how to fix it?
mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/ht0'
mortirolo:/# mt /dev/hdd
mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/hdd'
mortirolo:/#
for some reason i was convinced that i had a scsi tape drive, so i loaded the st module but got similar response:
mortirolo:/# mt /dev/st0i also noticed the following line in demesg's output:
mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/st0'
Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card!does it have something to do with my tape troubles? tia,
-a
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