> I believe that that is ok. I think that the problem is below. This is what I
> added to my fstab file for the tape drive.
> ...............................................
> /dev/tape /tape auto noauto,user,nodev 0 0
> ................................................
>
> This is what I get when I try to mount the tape.
>
> .............................
> Penguin:~ # mount /tape
> mount: /dev/tape is not a block device
> Penguin:~ #
> ............................
Um. Tapes aren't block devices, you don't mount them.. you just set your
destination as /dev/st0, and write to that.
e.g. tar -cvpf /dev/st0 filetobackup
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mike
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