> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerome ALET [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:15 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] SCSI tape drive
>
> Nicolas Le Gaillart wrote:
> >
> > I would like to know how to use a tape drive connected to a SCSI
> Adaptec
> > AVA-1505.
> > The SCSI card is configured and recognised by the system, using the
> 152x
> > kernel module.
> >
> > The thing is, I'm not able to access the tape drive in any way: I
> tried
> > to mount /dev/st0 (which should be the first SCSI rewindable drive)
> and
> > it doesn't work (error: "not a block device"). The MAKEDEV script
> > doesn't seem to work too...
> >
> > Help me, please help me...
> > Thank you in advance.
>
> try :
>
> tar -zcvf /dev/st0 /to_be_saved
>
> it should work fine.
>
> you can't mount a tape under Linux, and maybe under other *nixes too.
>
> bye,
>
> Jerome ALET
>
>
>
> the upper try command doesn't work with /dev/st0, but seems to work
> correctly with /dev/st8.
> the thing is, there's absolutely no operation really made on st8, and
> the command mt -f /dev/st8 rewind produces the following error:
> "inapropriate ioctl for device"
I think it must be a problem of configuration, but I don't know how
works the SCSI cards and the tape drives...
Any suggestion ?? Tanks.
Nicolas Le Gaillart
