the package name in redhat and mandrake is mt-st On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 09:38:00 +1200 Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi David, > > When I type 'mt status' I get: > > -bash: mt: command not found > > so it appears I don't have 'mt'? What should I do now? Is 'mt' > something I find on distribution cd's? > (I searched for an executable file called mt but could only find my > character device by that name plus some c++ source directory and a > locale directory.) > > Regards, > Bryce Stenberg. > > ----Original Message----- > >From: David Zanetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Cc: > >Subject: Re: How to mount a scsi tape drive? > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Monday, 31 March 2003 17:01 > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > > >> Does anyone here use a tape drive for backup? > >> I am using Mandrake 9.0. I see there is a program called 'kdat' > that > >> looks like it should simplify backup. However it says 'no > tape'. So > >> I guess I need to first mount the tape drive - this I do not > >> understand how to do. > > > >Nope, tapes don't need to be mounted. However, you should probably > check > >that your tape drive is doing The Right Thing with mt.. > > > >Start with querying the drive: `mt status`. You might need to > specify the > >full device name if there's no /dev/tape symlink, ala `mt -f > >/dev/... status`. > > > >- -- > >David Zanetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | (__) > >#include <geek/unix.h> | ( oo Mooooooo > >"Hope.. is a dangerous thing." | /(_O ./ > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > >Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > > >iD8DBQE+h8uNT21+qRy4P+QRApb3AKC/CW5yf7DR9k6QWTWXD7EAEkBzMACeNeB7 > >LkFu46ipBgp0CH4hFM5kC04= > >=hZ7D > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information > that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the > intended recipient you are notified that any use, dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have > received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase > all copies of the message and attachments. > ALSO, unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this message > represent only the views of the sender as expressed only to the intended > recipient, do not commit Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) to any course of > action and are not intended to impose any legal obligation upon HRNZ. > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
