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Re: Stopping tape from rewinding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven N. Hirsch)
Thu Sep 7 05:40:02 1995
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 22:56:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven N. Hirsch" <hirsch@emba.uvm.edu>
To: Louis Mandelstam <louis@khotso.sacc.wn.apc.org>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950906164410.130N-100000@khotso.sacc.wn.apc.org>
On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Louis Mandelstam wrote:
> Good day.
>
> I'm having a problem with a tape drive which rewinds automatically after
> doing anything, and I can't seem to prevent this. I'm not sure whether
> this is a software or hardware problem, but let's see what other Linux
> SCSI users can offer.
> If I execute something like:
>
> tar vcf /dev/tape /root
^^^^
My guess is that your tape device is a symlink to st0 (or st1, whatever),
which is a rewinding device, i.e. it automatically rewinds on device
close. You should try using the corresponding nst device (nst0, nst1,
etc.) which will not do this.
If the non-rewinding devices are not present, you need to get learn about
mknod (see man page).
- Steve
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