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Re: Fw: Re: newbe wants to backup to scsi-device
  • From: John Pettigrew <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:05:58 +0100
  • Message-id: <gemini.3f438046014be0f0%john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In a previous message, "J. van Eck (Systeembeheer)" <j.vaneck@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> This is what is in my /etc/fstab file
[snip]
> i do not see anything in this file that can be of the tape drive??

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.

HTH

John
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