[2887] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Problems with an ExaByte 7/14G 8mm tape unit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lerner)
Tue Nov 5 23:38:33 1996
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 23:36:42 -0500
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From: David Lerner <dsl@zai.com>
Cc: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
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>Hi
>
>We are unable to 'tar' out to one of the above (SCSI) devices.
>
>We have deleted and recreated /dev/st0 (and /dev/nst0) and then tried
> tar cf /dev/st0 .
>and get the reply 'unable to write to device st0'
>
>The scsi tape module is compiled as module and is being loaded by kerneld.
>
>Does anyone have any experience of these tape units - or can anyone else
>shed any light on this.
>
>We have even tried loading the scsi tape module by hand using lsmod, and
>still it won;t work!
>
>
>Robert Hart iweft@ipax.com.au
>
I use the above command with an Exabyte 8200, and it always works for me.
I have scsi tape support included in the kernel, rather than added as a module.
Is the Exabyte tape drive recognized by the scsi driver (cat /proc/scsi/scsi
to see)?
Is there a tape loaded in the drive?
Are you running as root? If not, do you have permission to use /dev/st0?
David Lerner <dsl@zai.com>
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