Tape device name

Paul Dwerryhouse paul at dwerryhouse.com.au
Mon Feb 27 02:39:41 UTC 2006


On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:25:11AM -0500, stan wrote:
> I've added an Adaptec SCSI card in one of teh PCI' slot's, amd
> conected a HP DLT80 drive to it at SCSI address 4.
> How, can I find what device it is?

It's usually /dev/st0 (rewinds after use) and /dev/nst0 (no-rewind), for
the first SCSI tape drive.

Make sure that the kernel module st.ko has been loaded.

Cheers,

Paul

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