On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 08:38:42AM -0500, Darren R. Weber wrote:
I have never used a tape drive under linux, but I just installed a SCSI DAT drive. My problem is I don't know how to set it up. It's installed and the SCSI card recognises it. Do I have to make a link from some device file to /dev/tape? Or is there something else involved?
Access the tape drive as: 1) /dev/tape (if you have the link) 2) /dev/st0 (probably. May be different on your sys) 3) if you set the TAPE variable, just do 'tar c [directory to start from]' (uncompressed) or 'tar cz [directory to start from]' (compressed) To summarize: If you don't have the TAPE variable set, 'tar czf /dev/st0 [dir]' If you do, 'tar cz [dir]' Hope that doesn't confuse you. -- Brad Shelton On Line Exchange http://online-isp.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/