Re: Reading from a tape...

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

/dev/tape is probably not defined.
It should be a symlink to your actual tape device.
In your case, given one SCSI tape drive, it would
probably be "/dev/st0".

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


Conrad Bielski wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I couldn't find any info on this... most likely because it is something really
> simple and obvious... but for a newbie...
> 
> I have scsi 8mm tape backup setup on my machine running RH 6.2. During bootup,
> the scsi recognizes the tape and the OS also recognizes the tape. Now I figure
> this means that everything is setup properly. But, I can't seem to have access to
> it!  If I issue the command  mt rewind I get this...
> 
> $ mt rewind
> /dev/tape: No such file or directory
> 
> How do I know which device file is accessing the tape? Do I need to specify what
> is /dev/tape (there is no device in /dev called tape)? Does the tape device need
> to be mounted?
> 
> Thanks for all your help in advance,
> Konrad :)