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Re: Help!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael)
Wed May 28 15:16:39 1997
From: "Michael" <michael@girlswear.com>
To: Pete Popov <pete_popov@asd.sel.sony.com>,
"linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu" <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:23:22 +0000
Reply-to: michael@girlswear.com
The mag tap device goes under several aliases
# aka rmt0
# crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Jul 18 1994 st0
#
# aka nrmt0
# crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 Jul 18 1994 nst0
Try an 'ls -l' in /dev for all the st, nst, nrm, and rmt*'s and
see if everything is setup correctly
Michael
> Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 10:13:42 -0700
> From: Pete Popov <pete_popov@asd.sel.sony.com>
> Organization: Sony Electronics
> To: Paul Matthews <paul@matthews.com>
> Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu" <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
> Subject: Re: Help!
> Paul,
>
> > > I am replying to my own message with more details, since the
> > > previous messages wasn't very clear. The UltraStor BIOS boot
> > > message shows both the adapter and the tape drive when the computer
> > > boots up. It is with mt that I get this No such device message.
>
> > > I am trying to get my UltraStor 34f, an HP DAT Tape drive to work.
> > > The
> > > kernel appears to recognize the adapter, but it fails to work with
> > > the
> > > Tape drive.
> > > >From mt -f /dev/rst0
> > > I get: /dev/rst0: No such device
>
> > > The kernel recognized the driver, but never sees the tape drive. Any
> > > suggestions? This was after trying to compile scsi support as a
> > > module Pete Popov
> > > and then recompiling it into the kernel. Believe it or not, I have
>
> I believe your problem is that you are using the wrong device file
> for a scsi tape drive. You should be able to access your DAT drive
> through one of the ns* or nst* device files. If this is the only
> drive on your bus, I believe it will be st0, for a rewinding device,
> or nst0, for a non-rewinding device.
>
> Pete Popov
> Sony Electronics
> Advanced Storage Development
> pete_popov@asd.sel.sony.com
>
>
