SCSI tape - device is missing

2006-10-18 Thread Meir
Hi, I'm trying to read a SCSI tape using tar. Cygwin under XP Home. Adapter 0:0, SCSI ID 5. I was able to access the tape using a tape snoop (in XP), so this information is verified. //./tape0 doesn't seem to exist (tried mount -b to /dev/st0). How can I fix this? Thanks! Sincerely, Meir

Re: SCSI tape - device is missing

2006-10-18 Thread Meir
Okay, I got it to work. Sort of. The SCSI tape device (Wangtek 6130HS) had a question mark in device manager. Apparently Windows didn't know what it was, even though it recognized it as a sequential SCSI device that was working properly. I had to reinstall the driver as tape, 4mm DAT, in order

Re: SCSI tape - device is missing

2006-10-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Oct 18 12:20, Meir wrote: Hi, I'm trying to read a SCSI tape using tar. Cygwin under XP Home. Adapter 0:0, SCSI ID 5. I was able to access the tape using a tape snoop (in XP), so this information is verified. //./tape0 doesn't seem to exist (tried mount -b to /dev/st0). How can

RE: SCSI tape - device is missing

2006-10-18 Thread Dave Korn
On 18 October 2006 11:43, Meir wrote: Okay, I got it to work. Sort of. The SCSI tape device (Wangtek 6130HS) had a question mark in device manager. Apparently Windows didn't know what it was, even though it recognized it as a sequential SCSI device that was working properly. I had to