Re: dev for SCSI tape

1997-12-01 Thread Oliver Elphick
tapes are assigned to st[0-9] in the order that they are recognis ed at boot time. What is the meaning of suffix {a,l,m}? From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/device.txt: 9 charSCSI tape devices 0 = /dev/st0 First SCSI tape, mode 0 1

dev for SCSI tape

1997-11-30 Thread Lawrence
What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: dev for SCSI tape

1997-11-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape : drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup? Mine is /dev/st0 for the rewinding device and /dev/nst0 for the non-rewinding. It's an H-P SureStore 2000 DAT unit.

Re: dev for SCSI tape

1997-11-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
Lawrence wrote: What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup? SCSI tape drives are: crw-rw-rw- 2 root root 9, 0 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 96 Feb 19

Re: dev for SCSI tape

1997-11-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape : drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup? Mine is /dev/st0 for the rewinding device and /dev/nst0 for the non-rewinding. It's an H-P SureStore 2000 DAT unit.

Re: dev for SCSI tape

1997-11-30 Thread Lawrence
Oliver Elphick wrote: Lawrence wrote: What is the likely device name in the /dev directory for a SCSI tape drive? is it /dev/tape? Anyone using the Seagate Travan SCSI backup? SCSI tape drives are: crw-rw-rw- 2 root root 9, 0 Feb 19 1997 /dev/st0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root