no i mean you have to install the package mt-st to see if it is installed:
rpm -qa|grep mt-st if its not then urpmi mt-st On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 09:50:05 +1200 Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, not having much luck here. > I tried 'mt-st' but still not found. When you say (Nick) the package name > is 'mt-st' does that also mean the executable is 'mt-st'? > > I searched (as root) for anything with 'mt' in it's name that may be related > to tape drives. Found 'rmt (under '/sbin') - man pages called this 'remote > magtape protocol' but do not know if I should use this or how. > There was also 'mtink' (under '/usr/bin') but have no idea what this is as > no man pages for it. > > Are either of the above useful to me, or do I now need to find a package > with 'mt' from somewhere and install it somehow? > > (On a side note, is there any significance to files being located in the > directory /sbin as opposed to /usr/bin - they both seem to hold executable > files?) > > Regards, > Bryce Stenberg. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 10:32 a.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: How to mount a scsi tape drive? > > > > > > 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----- > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > 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. > > >
