On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 11:50, Jayson Garrell wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 09:50, David Gethings wrote:
> > Just a guess: Are you able to mount the st0 device? If so try a df -h
> > once you have.
> 
> I don't think that you can mount a tape drive, since it has no real
> filesystem. The tapes are formatted from the factory, you erase, rewind,
> retention, and so forth.
> 
> Jayson Garrell

I don't know if Linux provides block access to tape drives, but some
OSes do.  If it does, it is possible to put a filesystem onto a tape. 
You'd have to be either insane or infinitely patient.

David


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