Dear Mithun & others Group members
I have checked the PCQ 2005 Linux server.The Linux os ia able to
recognise the Dat Drive(dmesg).but i am trying to mount mount /dev/st0
it is saying it is not /dev/st0 is not a block device.I have
also checked the /dev entry.But unable to an entry of dat.
Please help me to sort out the problem
Das Souri Ranjan
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> --- Souri Ranjan Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> I have installed PCQ 2005 Linux (kernel 2.6.10)on a HP ML 150
>> Server.
>> The installation is ok.Now One problem is that i am not able to
>> access
>> the HP DAT Model HP 1537.How to access this tape drive.In GUI
>> nothing is
>> there for tape backup or any utility.How can i check wheather the h/w
>> has
>> been recognised.If it is not recognised how to make it
>> operational.Please
>> help me to take backup
>
> I cant answer specific to PCQ 2005 Linux but all you need to do is look
> for 1537 in the output of dmesg. In and around that you should see
> reference to /dev/st0 assuming this is the first or probably the only
> tape device.
>
> If the above is true then all you need to do to interact with the tape
> drive is talk to /dev/st0
>
> Beyond this what you store in your tape drive depends on the
> application you use for backup. For pure command line backup you could
> simply do a tar and save to /dev/st0 instead of a plain file on the
> filesystem.
>
>
> Mithun
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Souri Ranjan Das
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