On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 at 10:46am, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote > 1. I don't think I have stinit configured; there's no stinit.conf in > /etc/.
You don't *have* to have stinit set up. > 2. Using /dev/nst0 works no better than /dev/st0. if I "mt" anything, > using either, the command prompt just returns after a second, and no > response from the drive. If, e.g., the tape is already at BOT, you shouldn't see any response to 'mt rewind'. > 3. Tarring directly to the drive, it appears to work OK! "tar -cvf > /dev/nst0 /home", and the drive blinks for a while. Can you then read back the image. Have you tried to amlabel a tape yet? So far, I'm not seeing a problem... -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
