Hi, Try "dmesg", this will show you the boot info (and other messages, use shift + page up to page up).
Search around in your /proc dir. I have a scsi hp drive and it shows like this: vi /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L907 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Of course, if you have more scsi stuff, it wil also show here. By the way, you usually don't mount tape drives..... I use mine like this: tar cvf /dev/st0 /data /etc this makes a backup of /data and /etc to my tape drive (/dev/st0) Good luck, Dirk At 15:52 20-11-2001 +0200, urgrue wrote: >i need to mount a tape drive in order to make backups. trouble is, i >cant physically get to the linux box in order to see where it is. >does the text displayed at bootup (kernel messages, that display for >example all detected hard drives etc) get saved anywhere in redhat? >suse keeps it in /var/log/boot.msg. i couldnt find anything >equivalent in redhat (/var/log/boot.log is empty). > >any other ideas how to track down this tape drive? ive tried just >running fdisk on everything that isnt already mounted, both hdX and >sdX (this has a couple scsi drives), but no help. arent tape drives >typically treated just like hard drives? >is there a way to dig up what exact tape drive this is, without >having to go physically look at the box? > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in >the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Bean IT T: +31 (0)23 - 5422299 F: +31 (0)23 - 5422728 W: http://www.bean-it.nl - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
