On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:52:20 +0100 Karl Huysmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> /dev/st0 Can't find anything ... but i see it in dmesg (scsi0:A:0): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit) Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST336706LW Rev: 0108 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 scsi0:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 32 (scsi0:A:4): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L708 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 libata version 1.02 loaded. SCSI device sda: 71687370 512-byte hdwr sectors (36704 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 > Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0, type 1 rivendell home # tapeinfo -f /dev/sg1 Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'HP ' Product ID: 'C1537A ' Revision: 'L708' Attached Changer: No MinBlock:1 MaxBlock:16777215 SCSI ID: 4 SCSI LUN: 0 Ready: yes BufferedMode: yes Medium Type: Not Loaded Density Code: 0x25 BlockSize: 0 DataCompEnabled: yes DataCompCapable: yes DataDeCompEnabled: yes CompType: 0x20 DeCompType: 0x0 BOP: yes Block Position: 0 The tape is loaded and writeble But trying tar -cpf /dev/sg1 /home gives a error The error rivendell home # tar -cpf /dev/sg1 /backup tar: Removing leading `/' from member names tar: /dev/sg1: Cannot write: Numerical argument out of domain tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now TIA Patrick -- "Eaten any good books lately?" -- Q (to Worf) (Deja-Q) Fingerprint = 2792 057F C445 9486 F932 3AEA D3A3 1B0C 1059 273B ICQ# 316932703 Registered Linux User #44550 http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
