Adding a tape drive to Red Hat 7

Catherine de la Cruz cdlcruz at sonic.net
Thu Mar 15 20:08:29 PST 2001


Thank you.  I'll give it a try tomorrow when I am at work.

Catherine de la Cruz


>What happens when you (as root) do:
>
># modprobe aic7xxx
>(then assuming no errors)
># modprobe st
>(and maybe)
># modprobe sg
>
>If
># lsmod
>shows the aic7xxx moduless loaded, but no "st" module try just loading the
>"st" module. Then see if you can address the tape device with mt and
>specify the device as st0.
>
>("man mt" may be helpful for ejecting tapes, rewinding tapes and talking
>to the tape device if it is recognized by the OS.) If mt works and
>controlls it, then tar or another tape archive tool can help you to store
>files onto tape.




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