Re: ftape question

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The status command didn't provide much info on the tape, in fact it was > the same for both types of tapes, regular and extended. > > % mt -f /dev/ftape status > drive type = 8423552 > drive status = 0 > sense key error = 0 > residue count = 0 > file

Re: ftape question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 1 Apr, Randy Stocking wrote: > > George Bonser writes: > >> > >> How do I determine the maximum capacity? I have inherited a drive > >> destined to the scrapper. It appears to work just fine after making > >> a test backup using taper. The kernel reports this on bo

Re: ftape question

On 1 Apr, Randy Stocking wrote: > George Bonser writes: >> >> How do I determine the maximum capacity? I have inherited a drive >> destined to the scrapper. It appears to work just fine after making >> a test backup using taper. The kernel reports this on bootup: >> >> QIC-117B drive @1MB/sec >

Re: ftape question

George Bonser writes: > > How do I determine the maximum capacity? I have inherited a drive > destined to the scrapper. It appears to work just fine after making > a test backup using taper. The kernel reports this on bootup: > > QIC-117B drive @1MB/sec > QIC-80 tape > > Where would I look to f

Re: ftape question

Andreas Tille wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a Iomega 250 floppy tape drive. I compiled ftape into > the Kernel (2.0.30). But what to do to get a device >/dev/ftape ??? cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ftape > According to the CDROM-HOWTO I have to create this entry via mknod. > But what are the correct

ftape question

Hello, I have a Iomega 250 floppy tape drive. I compiled ftape into the Kernel (2.0.30). But what to do to get a device /dev/ftape ??? According to the CDROM-HOWTO I have to create this entry via mknod. But what are the correct parameters. I didn't find any information neither in the HOWTO