Re: REPOST: Tape drive on Redhat 7.2

2002-11-13 Thread Jon Etkins
First things first: you really need to allow a little more than 3.75 hours between posting and reposting. Many (most) potential respondents don't read the list around the clock, and allowing at least 24 hours between reposts would (a) potentially allow everyone to see and respond to your original

Re: REPOST: Tape drive on Redhat 7.2

2002-11-13 Thread Roger Schmeits
Have you looked in dmesg for any entries for your tape drive? If it is not in there the o/s will never see it. Make sure the scsi number for the tape drive is unique. here are some basic commands -- thats all I know about mt. # mt -f /dev/nst0 setblk 1024 # tar -l -cvf /dev/nst0 ./var ./var/

REPOST: Tape drive on Redhat 7.2

2002-11-13 Thread Mikevl
Hi I have just installed a new tape drive on Redhat 7.2 The controller is an Initio 9100U/W and the drive is a Tandberg SLR60 The system has recognised the SCSI controller but has no entries for the tape drive and so st0 does not work. Any suggestions? Many thanks Mike -- redhat-list mail