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

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

You don't need to mount the tape device in order to use it.

-jeff
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