Hi, All your writing is all correct, but close is no cigar... ;-) the thing i was talking about is not the devicename, it is the name of the kernel-module that provides the driver-routines for the devices /dev/(n)st0 .... /dev/(n)stx. this file lives in a directory called (for 2.4.x kernels) /lib/modules/kernelversion/kernel/drivers/scsi and its comp�lete name is "st.o". This is a feature of linux-kernel, you can load/unload complete lowlevel drivers to/from kernel at runtime. Christoph
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 13:02, Christoph Scheeder wrote: > >>Hi, >>sorry that was my fault, >>the module for the scsi-tape support is called "st" >>Christoph >> > > Under linux, /dev/st(number) is a rewinding device, eg it rewinds the > tape when the path is closed. This is a very bad situation for most > backup progs in general because it must be able top assume the tape is > still in the same position it left it in when it closed the last > file/path it was writing. > > So you should be using the /dev/nst(number) descriptor as it doesn't do > an automatic rewind as it closes the path. Amanda will rewind the tape > by herself when she needs it rewound. > >
