Hi,
have a look at /proc/tapedevices. This file is available as soon as you
loaded your tape390 device driver. It tells you what devno's are currently
managed by the driver, and what device nodes correspond with them.
with kind regards
Carsten Otte
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Subject: Linux 390 tape drive
Hi people,
I was trying to dump some data into a 3490 tape.
I have issued the following commands.
1. modprobe tape390
2.lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted:
P
st 28136 0
(autoclean) (unused)
scsi_mod 89356 1
(autoclean) [st]
netlink_dev 2008 0
(autoclean)
tape_3590_mod 17964 0
(autoclean) (unused)
tape_3490_mod 1320 0
(autoclean) (unused)
tape_3480_mod 1320 0
(autoclean) (unused)
tape390 46576 0
[tape_3590_mod tape_3490_mod tape_3480_mod]
qeth 154180 1
qdio 33652 1
[qeth]
ipv6 330012 -1 [qeth]
lvm-mod 70724 9
(autoclean)
dasd_eckd_mod 57812 8
dasd_mod 49212 9
[dasd_eckd_mod]
3.cat /proc/tapedevices
TapeNo DevNo CuType CuModel DevType DevMod
BlkSize State Op MedState
0 0E20 3490 52
3490 52 auto
UNUSED --- LOADED
1 0E21 3490 52
3490 52 auto
UNUSED --- UNKNOWN
2 0E00 3590 60
3590 11 auto
UNUSED --- UNKNOWN
3 0E01 3590 60
3590 11 auto
UNUSED --- UNKNOWN
4 0E02 3590 60
3590 11 auto
UNUSED --- UNKNOWN
5 0E03 3590 60
3590 11 auto
UNUSED --- UNKNOWN
4. I want to issue the command " mt -f /dev/????? status "
But i am not sure about /dev/????? name.
How to get these device details ?
Regards,
Srinivas.
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