[linux-help] Re: How can I use floppy tape ?

[Thomas Wallis <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Xiuming Wang wrote:

> 
> I have a DDS-4 SCSI  tape drive on Dell workstation with 2 CPU 933Mhz
> and 2 GB MEM.    I don't know how to use it under redhat Linux 7.1.  Can
> any body give me any information on this issue?   I don't know the
> device name, such as for floppy disk , it is  /dev/fd0...

        Normally, scsi tapes under LINUX are something like /dev/st0 (for
rewind) or /dev/nst0 (for no-rewind).  You can look in the dmesg output
for SCSI tapes.  Also make sure you have the SCSI tape module loaded (st).  
You can use standard tar commands to write to the tape drive.  If you want 
to put multiple tars or dumps on one tape, you can use the no-rewind
device.  


                                Hope this helps,

                                T W

 > 
> Thanks,
> 
> Xiuming
> 
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