On Saturday 21 July 2001 08:30, Oscar wrote:
> Civileme,
> I plug in the tape on the parallel port. I saw dmesg. Nothing.
> Harddrake don't detect it.
> I rebooted the computer with the tape driver switched on.
> It is not detected either.
> Maybe I must create something in /dev/?
> Thanks,
> oscar.
>
> civileme escribi�:
> > On Saturday 21 July 2001 07:52, Oscar wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have found an old parallel port tape backup, the Mountain Filesafe
> > > SideCar (305MB).
> > > My question is: How can I configure my LM8.0 to use it?
> > > Thanks.
> > > �scar.
> >
> > The driver is already there if it is standard. Plug it in and see.
> > Check dmesg output and harddrake. If it is not standard, Dave Null would
> > like to have it, I imagine.
> >
> > Civileme
The kernel has drivers for parallel port ATAPI tapes, support for a dozen or
more parport protocols, and parport is in /dev.
Frank Condron's World of windows, last updated Jan 17, 2000 lists the
Filesafe SideCar and SideCar II as devices for which there are no known Win
95/98 drivers, so this product must have been intended originally for a DOS
or Win 3.x, or OS/2 market. Apparently, there were never any linux drivers
and the product did not comply with any current standards.
As I say, paperweight or part of Dave Null's collection, or a great hobby
project to learn enough about how it works for someone to write a driver.
Civileme
