Thanks, MAKEDEV did work but tape support was already in my custom (SMP) kernel. The machine that has all the proper devices without my intervention is running 2.0, so, I guess something is missing in the kernel build process. If I knew where to start, I'd go looking and post a fix. In any case, thanks for all the responses. They were *all* workable which a lot more than I can say for my $calls$ to Redmond :)
-----Original Message----- From: Keith G. Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 10:29 AM To: 'Debian List' Subject: Re: Need SCSI Tape Help Mike Barton wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm using slink with an SMP kernel (2.0.36) on a dual Pentium Pro 200 with > 256M RAM. The HD setup is a pair of 4 GB Seagate Barracudas on an Adaptec > 2940UW along with an SCSI CDROM and a Tandberg 4222 tape drive. I've got a > really sweet server here except that I just noticed there are no /dev/st* > for the tape drive. Anyone know at what point during the installation these > get created? I've got another machine here with an SCSI tape with lots of > /dev/st*. I'd sure hate to mknod 'em all by hand on the new beast. > Your kernel is configured for SCSI tape support, right? I don't think that's the default. Do a 'make menuconfig' and look for it. If it's there, I believe you can cd to '/dev' and do a MAKEDEV, and that will create all the proper devices for you automatically. Folks, isn't the kernel build process supposed to do this for you? I remember having to do this myself, for a SCSI tape also, I believe. I used make-kpkg, then installed the binary package.
