On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 00:01:41 +0100 "Klaus Peter Elsner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi together , > > I've an (very) old SCSI streamer and a bundle of QIC 24 tapes and > forgotten how to get it running with *nix I've never thought that I must > get some data out of them =:( > > it has to run with an AHA1542. > > the system recognized the SCSI Controller as seen at > /proc/scsi/aha1542 > total 0 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 9 23:15 . > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 9 23:12 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 9 23:17 0 > > with "less 0 " I get > The driver does not yet support the proc-fs > > the device is recognized at > /proc/scsi/scsi > > with "less scsi" I get > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 > Vendor: Model: Rev: > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 Peter, I have an aha1542 with: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: VIPER 150 21247 Rev: -005 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 To read a tape on LM8.1, install mt-st-0.6-2mdk.i586.rpm and issue these commands: mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind dd if=/dev/nst0 of=somefile Repeat the dd command with different output files to get multiple files off the tape. Then, you can play with the files on HD... Works for me. > thats that . now I tried to test it with > tar -cf /dev/nst0 <directory> > tar -cf /dev/nst1 <directory> > > these are the only 2 (n)st* devices I found at /dev/ > > It's the same for taking the no or the rewind device: the Error msg is > always the same : tar : /dev/nst0: Cannot open: Read-only file system Is the tape write-protected...? > now my questions: > st0 and st1 defines tapes jumpered as device ID 0 and 1 ? Nope... 1st and 2nd st[01]... mine are at ID 2 & 3 > what about the LUN ? Always 0 HTH, Pierre
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