Dear All
I have an IDE HP Colorado backup unit (20GB) that I'm trying to get working
preferably with Mandrake Backup (it has a GUI and email facility and the
client knows the program) on Mandrake 10. I have the tape unit up and
running insofar as:
dmesg lists it as hdd and then as ht0 (as expected)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dmesg | grep hdd
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xf008-0xf00f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
hdd: HP COLORADO 20GB, ATAPI TAPE drive
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: HP COLORADO 20GB rev 4.01
ide-tape: hdd: overriding capabilities->speed (assuming 650KB/sec)
ide-tape: hdd: overriding capabilities->max_speed (assuming 650KB/sec)
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 650KBps, 13*32kB buffer, 6336kB pipeline, 100ms tDSC,
DMA
mt -f /dev/ht0 status gives me no errors
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 512 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (0):
and I can echo the $TAPE variable (I have it in /etc/profile)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# echo $TAPE
/dev/tape
I know it is working as I can use it in Taper without problems. But Taper
has only untested support for IDE drives and only the beta has support for
drives with over 4GB. So I don't want to use it in a production situation.
When I go into Mandrake Backup though it always says "no devices found" in
the tape section. Does Mandrake Backup support IDE drives? Anybody got one
to work?
Your assistance appreciated.
Robert
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