Re: [newbie] Tape Backup Problems
I think I had to make sure mt-st was installed (maybe taper too, can't remember). Michelle On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote: Michelle, thank you for your e-mail. I'd appreciate it if you could advise me as to how you went about invoking those commands. I tried using them under the bash shell, but only received error messages saying those commands could not be found. John On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, you wrote: I was having similar problems. I needed to do the following: insmod ftape insmod zftape in that order before anything would work Michelle On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hi there, 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? Thanking you in advance for your assistance. Yours faithfully, John Wallis ---
Re: [newbie] Tape Backup Problems
you went about invoking those commands. I tried using them under the bash shell, but only received error messages saying those commands could not be found. As root? Just checking, that message can be misleading
Re: [newbie] Tape Backup Problems
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 )0(---)0( A gentleman is someone who remembers his wifes birthday but not her age. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] Tape Backup Problems
Hi there, 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? Thanking you in advance for your assistance. Yours faithfully, John Wallis ---
Re: [newbie] Tape Backup Problems
I was having similar problems. I needed to do the following: insmod ftape insmod zftape in that order before anything would work Michelle On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hi there, 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? Thanking you in advance for your assistance. Yours faithfully, John Wallis ---
