Stephen Hargrove wrote:
>
> I've been struggling with the problem off and on for the past several days, and
> I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
>
> My machine is all SCSI and it has a tape drive. The drive is recognized by the
> BIOS and during startup, but the system is completely non-responsive when I try
> to access /dev/st0. Here's the only mention of the drive from dmesg:
>
> (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
> Vendor: Seagate Model: STT8000N Rev: 3.22
> Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
>
> I've tried using cpio to write something to /dev/st0, but it kicks out the
> following:
>
> $ find /home -print | cpio -o > /dev/st0
> found end of tape. To continue, type device/file name when ready
>
> I downloaded and tried lnxbackup, and it kicked out the following error:
>
> tar (grandchild): Cannot open archice /dev/st0/mybackup.tar.tgz: Not a directory
> tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> During neither of these procedures does the tape drive ever make a sound. Can
> someone please tell me what I'm missing?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> steve
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Have you tried just regular tar?
tar cvf /some/directory /dev/st0
Also, check the permissions on /dev/st0 to see if your user is allowed
to access it. Good luck,
Hidong
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