Actually, I do have another idea. Try the command the other way.
taper -T st0
I think you'll find that it works. I too have a SCSI tape device and that
is the command that I use to start the program and tell it where and what
it is.
Mark
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Dan Shanahan wrote:
> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 22:46:59 -0800
> From: Dan Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Tape drive problem
>
> Thanks for the suggestion,
> I took a quick look at the documentation & the command is
>
> taper -T scsi
>
> but it still doesn't work. When I select "Restore Module" taper does not
> resond & I cannot exit (same as with mt -f /dev/st0). And when I check the
> status of the process, it again says "down". Again, I cannot kill the process.
>
> Any other ideas?
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> > Dan,
> >
> > try using Taper.
> >
> > as root use this command.
> >
> > taper -T st0
> >
> > thats the program I use for my tape drive and it works fine.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> > "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> >
> > Linus Torvalds
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Dan Shanahan wrote:
> >
> > > I am not able to read from my tape drive.
> > >
> > > About 3 weeks ago, I installed Mandrake 7.1. Before that I had Redhat
> > > 5.2. I backed up some file on tape before installing Mandrake 7.1, but I
> > > can't read them. When I type in any mt command, like
> > >
> > > mt -f /dev/st0 tell
> > >
> > > the xterm appears to not respond.
> > > If I check the process in another xterm, the ps command lists the
> > > process as "down" & I can't kill the process.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know what would cause mt to not respond?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Dan
>
>
>
