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
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
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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.
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
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.
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
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