Re: Debian and SCSI Tape problem??

james_at_coolpenguin.idv.tw
Date: 08/19/04


Date: 18 Aug 2004 21:04:37 -0700

John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@binaryfoundry.ca> wrote in message news:<2tqvfc.u0l.ln@mail.binaryfoundry.ca>...
> james@coolpenguin.idv.tw wrote:
> >
> > then,i still can't get correct scsi tape device,type command "mt -f
> > /dev/st0"
> > ,the result is "/dev/st0: No such device",what should i do,any ideas??
> > thanks!!
>
> Does /dev/st0 exist? (ISTR that I had to create it manually on my
> Debian system.) In any case, what does 'ls -l /dev/st0' show?

thanks your reply!!
yes, /dev/st0 exists!!
'ls -l /dev/st0' show
"crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 0 Mar 15 2002 /dev/st0"