HI All.
> That sounds correct, i belive one does not mount a "tape" drive, one simply
> uses tar to create an archive on it.
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> Try;
>
> tar czf /dev/st0 example.tar.gz /path/to/example/dir/
This was the problem... I was trying to "mount" a tape drive. I tried the tar
co
On Thu, 17 May 2001, James "Jim" Hatridge wrote:
> HI Tom et al...
>
> On Wednesday 16 May 2001 18:29, Tom Beer wrote:
> > do you have mounted the tape?
"mounted".?
> .
> PPenguin:~ # mount /tape
> mount: /dev/tape is not a block device
> Penguin:~ #
ay 17, 2001 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: SCSI Tape drive
> > I believe that that is ok. I think that the problem is below. This is
what I
> > added to my fstab file for the tape drive.
> > ...
> > /dev
> I believe that that is ok. I think that the problem is below. This is what I
> added to my fstab file for the tape drive.
> ...
> /dev/tape /tape autonoauto,user,nodev 0 0
> ..
uin:~ # mount /tape
mount: /dev/tape is not a block device
Penguin:~ #
##
Any ideas?
Thanks
JIM
> > Hi all..
> >
> > I've got an old SCSI tape drive that I just put in my system. Li
do you have mounted the tape?
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From: "James Jim Hatridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: SCSI Tape drive
>
> Hi all..
>
> I've got an old SCSI tape drive that
Hi all..
I've got an old SCSI tape drive that I just put in my system. Linux sees the
SCSI card and tells me that the tape drive is /dev/st0. I did a soft link
from /dev/tape to /dev/st0.
When I try to read a tape using Kdat it tells me that there is no tape in the
machine. What cou
