[5211] in RedHat Linux List
BUG: mt -f /dev/st0 eject fails
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Tue Nov 19 17:29:02 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 17:02:09 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
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In-Reply-To: <199611192112.QAA13052@ccs.craftech.com>
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Chris Fearnley writes:
> This command works fine on all my Debian systems. But the mt-st from
> the 4.0 CD (and the older one I had installed both fail in similar manner.
>
> [root@ccs redhat-update]# mt -f /dev/st0 eject
> mt: unknown command "eject"
> usage: mt [-v] [-h] [ -f device ] command [ count ]
> commands: weof, wset, eof, fsf, fsfm, bsf, bsfm, fsr, bsr, fss, bss, rewind,
> offline, rewoffl, retension, eod, seod, seek, tell, status,
> erase, setblk, lock, unlock, load, compression, setdensity,
> drvbuffer, stwrthreshold, stoptions, stsetoptions, stclearoptions,
> defblksize, defdensity, defdrvbuffer, defcompression, densities,
I assume you trying to make a point here that eject isn't included in
the mt command, however offline is. Why not just use offline instead ?
> [root@ccs redhat-update]# rpm -qi mt-st
> Name : mt-st Distribution: Red Hat Linux Rembrandt
> Version : 0.4 Vendor: Red Hat Software
> Release : 2 Build Date: Fri Jul 26 13:15:09 1996
> Install date: Tue Nov 19 15:53:01 1996 Build Host: porky.redhat.com
> Group : Utilities/System Source RPM: mt-st-0.4-2.src.rpm
> Size : 23425
> Summary : Control magnetic tape drive operation (mt)
> Description :
> The mt program can be used to perform many operations on tapes,
> including rewind, eject, skipping files and blocks, etc.
>
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