On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 11:37, Bart Schelstraete wrote: > Run the 'dmesg' command or watch the /var/log/messages and look for that > entry. > > You can also try to view the /proc/devices file. (but I'm not sure if a > tape device is listed in that file) > > > rgrds, > > Bart > > IS Department wrote: > > > I have Redhat 8.0 installed on a Dell Poweredge 4200. This machine has > > a SCSI 4mm DAT tape drive. I would like to use KDAT which comes with > > the RedHat distro. Does anybody know how to find the name of the tape > > drive and weather it even exists? > > > > Thanks....
You can also cat /proc/scsi/scsi which will show all of your SCSI devices. Tape drives show up with a type of "Sequential-Access" as you can see from the example below. If you have only one tape drive on your system, it will be "st0" as mentioned elsewhere. If you have multiple drives, they will be enumerated in the order they show up in this pseudo file. [linush@lh2 linush]$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi (abbreviated for clarity) Attached devices: Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C5683A Rev: C104 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Linus -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
