Actually...it ended up working, by just placing the link from
/dev/tape to /dev/st1.
However the link was pretty much pointless..I was looking into it
too much and /dev/st1 worked fine..funny thing that.
I still don't know what the hell stinit is whinging about
though..but I can do cpio backups to the tape so my concern about
stinit is pretty damn small.
And as for why there is no /etc/sysconfig/tape...well it goes in
the same boat as stinit I guess...
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On Wednesday 06 December 2000 11:22, David Zverina wrote:
>
> Actually I'd go as far as venturing that it should be a
link to /dev/st0
> unless you're trying to set up a second drive. And of
course the st? names
> are only applicable for SCSI tape drives.
>
> > > * an stinit craps out with
> > > Can't find the tape characteristics database.
> > >
> > > * no /dev/tape
Maybe have a read of the file
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
There are quite a few different tape drive devices
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John
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