[CentOS] howto mount a scsi tape drive?
Robert
kerplop at sbcglobal.netThu Mar 9 17:27:50 UTC 2006
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Geert Batsleer wrote: > Hi, > > after installing centos 4.2 I've noticed that my internal Seagate scsi > DAT 72GB tape drive hasn't been recognised in /media or doesn't show > up in gnome when putting in a tape. > > Do I need to edit fstab first or load additional modules in the kernel > during startup? > > regards, Geert You don't mount tape drives. To use it, you first have to know the dev assigned(!) which is usually /dev/st0 ... /dev/st7. Use the mt command (man mt) to query and manipulate it try $ mt -f /dev/st0 status for openers. Try /dev/st1, /dev/st2.... as needed but /dev/st0 will probably be the right one. Data is written to and read from the drive through the st module (man st); (lsmod to be sure it's loaded). I haven't checked recently but there was once a bunch of examples in the texinfo system for the "tar" [(t)ape (ar)chive] command. $ info tar Good luck.
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