On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Ed Lawson wrote:
> I am trying to use an IDE tape drive with Debian.
What Debian release? What kernel version?
> It is seen during boot, but there is no /dev/ht0
> as there is in RH and SuSE to use for tape drives.
Try (as root):
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ht
> Anyone using an IDE tape and debian have a few pointers.
> Actually, anyone have a few pointers?
Not using Debian, but some generic pointers (assuming kernel 2.2, 2.4 may be
different):
- Check /proc/devices for an "ht" (by analogy with "hd" and "st" devices)
- If using a static kernel, make sure IDE-TAPE support was included.
- If using a modular kernel (Debian does somewhat), the module for ATAPI tape
devices is "ide-tape".
- Take a look at the /proc/ide/... branch, make sure the tape drive shows
up in there somewhere.
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Rich C wrote:
> Does it connect to the 40 Pin IDE ports or to the Floppy Connector (don't
> recall if floppy is technically an "IDE" port or not, but it's part of most
> IDE chipsets.)
Technically: The floppy disk controller (standard at 0x3F0), has nothing to
do with the IDE controllers (standard at 0x1F0 and 0x170). They are
physically and electrically incompatible, they use completely different
programming interfaces, and have separate drivers in the Linux kernel. The
fact that both are included in the typical integrated I/O chip on modern
motherboards is irrelevant. :-)
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