Yes, the rewinding and non-rewinding devices are the same physical device. The naming conventions can vary between OSs, but generally the device name with the 'n' is the non-rewinding device.
Frank --On Monday, September 23, 2002 18:23:22 +0200 Vlad Popa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello dear amnda-folks, > I do have some basic questions I did not have found in the docs or in the > FAQ's : > I have a Seagate Travan NS 8 tape and i am runnig intel-based Debian woody > (3.0) and the latest amanda (it seems to be 2.4.3b4) compiled from > scratch with user amanda, group backup, samba support. > > I've succeeded in making some tar -backups on /dev/st0 by hand > . > Amanda requires a non rewinding tape, as I have read from the docs. > > > How could I access the tapedrive with amanda which is a rewinding device, not > a non-rewinding ? > > Could it be that /dev/nst0 would be physically the same device (e.g. my > travan tape ) as /dev/st0 without the rewinding option ? > > Sorry for annoying, but I'm very new to backup and tapes. Perhaps theese > questions might be good points in the Howto that is currently written . > > Thanks for help at first and many greeting from Salzburg/Austria > > Vlad > > ----------- > Vlad Popa > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
