Re: [aclug-L] How to mount a tape drive?

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was my understanding you don't mount a tape drive. you just tar to it
ie

tar -cvf /dev/st0 /
should back up the whole system


On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Kong Wo wrote:

> Hi,
>     I have a SCSI tape drive which is detected on /dev/st0. What I like
> to do is try to mount the tape drive to /root/tape directory.
> I tried to mount it so many times using #mount -t ext2 /dev/st0
> /root/tape, however; is was unsucessfully. I like to know what is the
> magic string which allow me to mount the tape drive since I like to back
> up my whole system. Thank for any helps. Currently, I am using RedHat
> 6.0.
> 
> Kong Wo
> 
> 

Clint Brubakken
Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Dictator-for-Life Air Capital Linux Users Group 
Independent Web Programming Contracting
Wichita, KS
cabrubak@xxxxxxx
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