[NTLUG:Discuss] tape drive howto?

[Cliff - NTLUG]

IDE Tapes are normally /dev/ht0 - I believe there would/is a kernel module
called idetape or ide-tape which needs to be loaded up for it to work
correctly. Run lsmod command to see currently loaded modules and insmod or
modprobe commands to load up the module if needed - check
/lib/modules/kernel-version/ dir and see if the kernel has the module
(assuming that you didnt build a kernel without the module or in the
kernel).

dmesg to look at the boot up hardware detection is a good thing as well.

/dev/st0 would be a scsi tape device, IDE is normally /dev/ht0 - dmesg may
tell you what it found and where ! :)

/usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt <- has real basic documentation and
nothing more than I stated - /dev/ht0 for ide tape drives, use commands as
you would for a scsi tape drive.

Cliff.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelledin" <kelledin+NTLUG at skarpsey.dyndns.org>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] tape drive howto?


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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