If it is actually a SCSI device it should show up in dmesg. Just look at the SCSI device probe section just after it finds the SCSI card.
You usually dont have to do anything to access SCSI devices. The first SCSI tape drive would probably be /dev/st0 Therefore "tar cpf /dev/st0 ." should work. Mithun --- Nitin Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > every one > I want to use my tape drive for backing up data. > earlier i was using it on windus through parallel > port. > now i have connected it to a Advansys > (ABP940-U/ABP960-U; as shown by the hardware > browser)25pin scsi card. Now it not detecting the tape > drive. > How do i check, i tried to mount /dev/ftape ...no > luck.. > tape drive is from HP Colorado (Tavran) 2.5 /5 GB. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
