How to recognize tape device on Linux booting.

2003-10-29 Thread Naoshi Kubo
Hi, I have a question about tape. I want to recognize a tape device on Linux booting. I edit "kernel parameters" in /etc/zipl.conf (before) parameters="dasd=fd8f root=/dev/dasda1" (after) parameters="dasd=fd8f tape=fc91 root=/dev/dasda1" Then I run

Re: How to recognize tape device on Linux booting.

2003-10-29 Thread Marcy Cortes
] Subject: [LINUX-390] How to recognize tape device on Linux booting. Hi, I have a question about tape. I want to recognize a tape device on Linux booting. I edit kernel parameters in /etc/zipl.conf (before) parameters=dasd=fd8f root=/dev/dasda1 (after) parameters=dasd=fd8f tape=fc91 root=/dev

How to recognize tape device on Linux booting

2003-10-29 Thread Jim Sibley
Naoshi wrote: I load tape module by 'insmod tape390 tape=fc91' by manual, /proc/tapedevices is created. Please teach me how to load tape module on booting. Three choices: 1) recompile the kenrnel to include the tape modules. 2) use mkinitrd to create an new initred to load the modules at boot.