On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote:
>I think I had to make sure mt-st was installed (maybe taper too, can't
>remember).
>
>Michelle
>
>> > insmod ftape
>> > insmod zftape
>> > > I have set up my PC (a Gateway G6-233) as a dual boot systen. I am able to
>> > > boot into Windows 95 and Linux Mandrake 7.0 without any problems. I have a
>> > > Seagate tape drive which works perfectly well under Windows. When I boot into
>> > > Linux the operating system seems to recognise its presence and call it hdd.
>> > > However, when I attempt to run the tape backup software I keep getting the
>> > > message "Tape not in drive". What do I need to do to resolve this?
After trying to make something sensible out of this, I see that you own an
IDE tape drive, seagate.
Do not access it as /dev/hdd, that won't work.
It's device name is /dev/ht0 (h t zero)
I have not been able to run it with "kdat", I think that is meant for SCSI
Dat drives.
I backup with tar.
Syntax:
tar -c -v -f /dev/ht0 <dir> <dir> <dir>
-c means: create new backup volume from start of tape
-v: be verbose (you can leave it off once you know things work ok)
-f /dev/ht0: backup to the IDE tapedrive
<dir>: a list of directories you want backed up
Good luck!
Paul
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