20 Aug
2003
20 Aug
'03
18:27
John Pettigrew
OK - the tape drive isn't listed there. So, at the very least, you'll need to issue a full mount command (check man mount) - you need to specify the device (/dev/sta0 or whatever it is), a mount point (create a directory something like /media/tape) and the FS type, among other things.
You could also try 'fdisk -l' as root, with the drive connected. This will list all the drives known to the system, with various bits of information about them.
This would all be well if /dev/stX would be a block device. But tape devices are character devices and thus *can't* be mounted like a file system. Philipp