At 02:13 PM 6/7/99 -0600, Daniel Nichter wrote:
>I'm planning to using an internal Ultra SCSI tape drive (probably
>some Seagate/Conner drive on the BusLogic/Mylex BT-948 Ultra
>SCSI adapter) with Linux 2.2.9. I know the kernel handles SCSI
>tape drives, but how? I skimmed over
>/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.st and it talks about being
>a generic driver, letting the admin set the tape parameters they
>want, etc. When I get my tape drive, how am I to know its parameters,
>or do I need to know? For example, will I have to specify my tapes
>"maximum number of scatter/gather segments" and "write threshold"?
>
>Am I making things more difficult than they are?
>
You may be making things more difficult, can't say.
I inherited one of these:
***** BusLogic SCSI Driver Version 2.0.15 of 17 August 1998 *****
Copyright 1995-1998 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Configuring BusLogic Model BT-946C PCI SCSI Host Adapter
and on it is one of these:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: CONNER Model: CTMS 3200 Rev: 7.00
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
I don't even think about it, I just use it.
Do a 'man mt' if you've installed the mt package; if not, do so. I use TOB
(found on Sunsite/Metalab) in conjunction with AFIO -- SNAP! No worries.
Backups/restores...no probs!
-steve
