Not quite sure what you're asking. To control the drive (rewind, etc.) you'll need the mt-st package. Other than that, I would try "dd"ing a megabyte or so down to disk and doing a "file" command on it to see what you've got.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie) Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install Got it. Are there additional commands to lstape and tape390_display? Thank you, Betsie -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install I didn't say tape_3480 or tape_3490. Do a "modprobe tape_34xx" exactly as shown. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie) Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install Neither module tape_3480 or tape_3490 exist on SLES9 SP3. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install You should just be able to modprobe tape_34xx and use that. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie) Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install I found the s390_oco-2.6.5-7.145.s390x.rpm on the Novell site. Rpm -qpi says this is the module to access the 3590 tape. Do you know if it will also read a 3480 tape? I'm on kernel 2.6.5-7.244 (SP3). I'm trying to find an IBM driver for 3480 drives for SLES9 SP3. Betsie -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HLASM on zLinux install Attach the tape drive to the guest and see if it has a tar archive on it? Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie) Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: HLASM on zLinux install Has anyone installed HLASM for Linux on zSeries yet? The product is shipped on a 3480 tape and I can't figure out how to process it off the tape. The README for the installation is G210-2407 and costs $1.20 online. (I don't know how long it will take to get the pub shipped.) IBM has taken an ETR for the problem but whoever owns the README has not yet responded. I've tried TAPE, VMFPLC2 and DDR. Any ideas? Betsie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
