Re: [luau] connecting tape drive to RH 7.2, 7.3, 8.0

[MonMotha]

John Pescador wrote:

Can someone give me information about connecting a
tape drive to Red Hat 7.2, 7.3 or 8.0.  We can't seem

Compaq.  Compaq says information can be found on Linux sites.

to get it to work and information is hard to find. The server is a Compaq and the tape drive is also

SCSI or ATAPI IDE?

SCSI use the scsi_tape module and access from /dev/st0

IDE use the ide_tape module and access from /dev/ht0



--MonMotha

They're just character devices...you can use them with tar's "f" option to make tar files on the tape.

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