[NTLUG:Discuss] tape drive howto?

[Kelledin]

Hmmm....gooood question.

I haven't seen an IDE tape drive howto; then again, I haven't 
really looked for one.  My one and only tape drive is LVD-SCSI.  

The first thing I'd try, though, is getting ATAPI->SCSI emulation 
going on the tape drive, and then see if you can access it 
through /dev/st0 or the like.  Some "mt" commands, and a "tar 
some/existing/dir > /dev/st0 && tar tvf /dev/st0" should be a 
sufficient test.

On Thursday 18 July 2002 06:26 pm, jeremyb at univista.com wrote:
>  Hey folks,
>   I was given a Mountain Filesafe 8500 IDE tape drive and want
> to get it installed.
> I've found the ftape howto but no general howto for tape
> drives or IDE tape drives
> for that matter.  Is there such a beast?
>
> thanks
> -Jeremy
>
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