On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Paul Lussier wrote: > This is a really stupid question, but have you checked the kernel to > make sure the SCSI tape driver is compiled in and/or the module is > being loaded?
Yes. Otherwise, GNU's mt would not work at all, nor would st-mt, nor would tar or anything else. :-) > Could this be a case where the kernel just doesn't know how to interpret > the data being sent back by the tape drive? I might buy that, and it still might be the case, but, like I said, I checked the GNU mt source, and the commands you described (e.g., "datacompression") just plain *are* *not* *there*. :-) >> Does Paul or anyone know where Debian gets their "mt"? > > I thought it was simply the Gnu mt command. Given my current information, I suspect it is a heavily patched version of the GNU mt command. It certainly is not the GNU mt command included in the stock GNU cpio 2.4.2 archive. > Hmmm, I never knew about the rpm2cpio thingy. It is a stand-alone program that will extract the actual files (which are kept in a cpio-format archive) from an RPM package. Very useful for getting files out of an RPM on a non-RPM system. Or even on an RPM system. > On Debian I just use apt-get for the source. Provided you have your > sources.list file correctly set up for source packages ... Right. And where do I find sources.list on a Red Hat 6.2 system? ;-) > Hope that helps! Not really, but thanks anyway! :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
