Aaron: Your command line should be something like:
>mt -f /dev/ht0 status to get the drive status (assuming 'ht0' is the device, and a tape is loaded). If you set environment variable TAPE to /dev/ht0 (as per >export TAPE=/dev/ht0 then the following will work: >mt status as will all other commands listed in the 'mt' man page. Regards, Dean ------------------------------------ > greetings, > > 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 drive > ... > ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0, 600KBps, 14*26kB buffer, 2600kB > pipeline, 190ms tDSC > > but neither dump nor mt recognise it: > > mortirolo:/# mt /dev/ht0 > mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/ht0' > mortirolo:/# mt /dev/hdd > mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/hdd' > mortirolo:/# > > can somebody lend a helping hand explaining what is wrong and how to fix > it? > > 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/st0 > mt: invalid tape operation `/dev/st0' > > i also noticed the following line in demesg's output: > > Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! > > does it have something to do with my tape troubles? tia, > > -a > > > -- > Aaron Stromas | "Tick-tick-tick!!!... ja, Pantani is weg..." > Oracle Corp | BRTN commentator > +1 703.708.68.21 | L'Alpe d'Huez > 1995 Tour de France > >