You probably want to use the SCSI Tape driver for that. As I understand, pretty much all SCSI tape drives have a similar set of commands and features. Your Compaq EOD003 probably operates similarly to my HP 88980, which is an ancient 9-track drive :-)
The mt(1) program can be used to position the tape, erase tapes, etc. The st driver will allow the st library to work with programs like mt or your choice of backup software. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33992 Jun 2 19:15 /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/drivers/scsi/st.o - jsw -----Original Message----- From: David Bishop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:41 PM To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Subject: tape drives -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just installed a scsi tape drive (Compaq EOD003) and was wondering how I can tell whether or not it is recognized. I have never used tape drives before (at least, that weren't already setup) and I don't know even the first thing about them. Searching for scsi tape drive linux via google didn't turn up much of any help, the howto seems to be about 3 years old. Once I figure out whether or not it is working, are there recommendations as to what I should use for backup software? It is a standalone machine, about 4 gig used, probably going to do once-weekly-full + daily incremental (or something along those lines). Thanks for any tips/hints/pointers. - -- D.A.Bishop -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE76bh9EHLN/FXAbC0RAmrlAKDa1yfwzuSAbUqEy25eOy2fz3RSYQCg6Xnn JWBqMngac2Oapzj1gEyKR7Q= =yzlC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
