Never heard of it here either... My drives are SCSI, but i can't image that should matter.
Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathanael Noblet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) ide tape drive > > On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 02:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I just get continued input output errors but I hear > > the tape drive run. > > > > I have tried using taper and kdat as well same thing > > happens. > > > > I don't think it has a filesystem on the tape as its > > new. The howtos I've rad specify that you must > > format the tape before its useable. It really looks > > like this is the problem but I have no idea how to > > format the darn tape. > > I've never used the type of drive you're talking about, but well I've > never formatted a tape for a tape drive. Look at the man page for mt, > is there a format command? > > -- > Nathanael Noblet > Gnat Solutions > 4604 Monterey Ave NW > Calgary, AB > T3B 5K4 > > T/F 403.288.5360 > C 403.809.5368 > > http://www.gnat.ca/ > > >
