Hi Jerome, Am Mon, 2004-03-08 um 19.54 schrieb Jerome Lyles:

I'm having trouble mounting my tape drive

Tapes are RAW-Devices and they doesn't need to be mounted

Thanks, Jerome

HTH -- Peter Thill Registered Linux user number 340982. peter_thill@web.de Please visit: http://counter.li.org/

On Monday 08 March 2004 01:54 pm, Jerome Lyles wrote:

I'm having trouble mounting my tape drive because I don't know the file system type on the tape. Does anyone know how I can find out what file system the tape is using? Thanks, Jerome

I don't think a tape can be mounted (but someone will probably prove that wrong) They can be used as streaming devices without being mounted. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 03/08/04 14:14 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive." - Samuel Goldwyn