tape-backup on ht0 no longer possible in 2.6.9?

From: Sybren van der Meer (svandermeer7_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/04

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    Until recently I could use a Seagate STT20000A ATAPI Tape drive on
    device ht0. For example, a command like
            mt -f /dev/ht0 erase
    worked fine.

    Now the same command has this result:
            /dev/ht0: No such device or address

    Under /dev there still is a file called "ht0".
    According to the manual of MAKEDEV "No such device ..." normally means
    the kernel does not have the driver configured or loaded.

    The one change I can think of is the upgrade of the kernel to 2.6.9 that
    FC2 last week implemented with its update-service.

    Question: is indeed the kernel-upgrade the reason for the backup-failure
    (if so, what can I do about it?) or are there other plausible explanations?

    Sybren


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