try "tar cf /dev/st0 /somedir/", it works very well
Jamie Dobbs wrote: > I have recently been given an external SCSI DLT drive that I have hooked > up to my machine and can use from Windows but would also like to be able > to use it from Linux. The details from dmseg are: > > i91u: PCI Base=0xEC00, IRQ=18, BIOS=0xFF000, SCSI ID=7 > i91u: Reset SCSI Bus ... > scsi0 : Initio INI-9X00U/UW SCSI device driver; Revision: 1.04a > Vendor: SUN Model: DLT4000 Rev: CD50 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > st: Version 20050312, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256 > Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 > st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B), max page reachable by HBA > 1048575 > > How would I go about using this drive? Are there any good GUI tape > backup programs around?
