RE: [newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-24 Thread Daryl Johnson
OK sounds like you have an ide tape drive. Actions you can take to start with include : a) run dmesg on the command line and check the output to see if the tape drive is recognised by the m/c. If the drive isn't recognised then you have an uphill task on your hands. So, open a console window,

Re: [newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-24 Thread Salvatore Enrico Indiogine
Has anyone installed the KOffice 1.1beta2 rpm on MDK 8.0? I runs great, but I do not see Kivio. I thought that it was part of KOffice 1.1. Any idea? Eric Indiogine Public Service Co. of NM

Re: [newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-22 Thread Mick
Okay, sorry 'bout that. I'm not sure if it is IDE or not. It's defintely not SCSI! The data ribbon cable (from the tape drive) connects directly into the data ribbon cable on my floppy drive. It uses QIC 120 mb cartridges. As for the question Have you tried using any standard devices in /dev?

[newbie] Tape Backup drive?

2001-05-21 Thread Mick
Friends, Romans, Newbies, Lend me your ears... I had an old Conner backup drive (Backs up onto 120mb QIC tapes) that I have installed into my machine running LM 7.2 and Win98. I ran Hardrake and it didn't find it, I tried installing Arkeia backup software but that won't let me log into it?