Hi -- I can't access use my tape drive with the tar or mt programs and could use some help.
I'm running a 2.4.12 kernel and using a SCSI Seagate DDS3 tape drive. The drive appears to be recognized fine on bootup (by looking at dmesg) and the relevant modules are loaded -- st and scsi_mod. The power is on and there's a tape in the drive. When I type any mt command, using either /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0, I get a notice of an input/output error and, sometimes, "mt: The device is offline (not powered on, no tape ?)." Likewise, with tar, any attempt to write to either /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0 craps out. Any suggestions? I've never used a tape drive before so I have no clue. Thanks. Richard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
