Tape drive

[Anthony Alex]

Apparently it had identified the drive. This is what I
found in dmesg output....

hdd: Seagate STT20000A, ATAPI TAPE drive

Kind of a dumb question, what would be the device name
for this drive ....so that I can use tar, mt....

Is there anything else I have to do before I can start
using the tape drive.


--- Ansar Mohammed <ansarm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Can you post your dmesg output?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]
> On Behalf Of Anthony Alex
> Sent: July 19, 2005 9:56 AM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Tape drive
> 
> I have recently inherited an old tape drive which I
> am
> hoping to install on Suse 9. 
> 
> The tape drive is Seagate Hornet IDE Tape drive 
> STT320000A 20gb drive.  
> 
> This is my first time playing with a Tape drive, I
> am
> already running into road blocks to find the drivers
> for this unique drive. I spend a good part of
> yesterday to find the drivers for this beast but to
> no
> avail.  
> 
> Anyone on the list has used this drive,if yes I
> would
> appreciate some pointers.
> TIA
> -TP
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