On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:04:52PM -0800, Chad Morgan wrote: > I'm trying to setup a SCSI tape drive. > > For the record it is an HP C1537A 12/24GB DDS Drive > > This is the output of /proc/scsi/scsi: > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00 > Vendor: HP Model: C1537A Rev: L610 > Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > My problem is that /dev/st0 and /dev/nst0 do not exist. Ie: ls /dev/st0 > would result in No such file or directory. > > SCSI Support and my low level drive (advansys) are compiled into the > kernel. I'm loading the scsi tape support as a module. > > modprobe st reults in: > Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 > > yet /dev/st0 is not there. The message from the driver doesn't imply file creation :) I assume you're using the old dev directory and not using devfs? In any case, you probably simply need to create the device files. I now use devfs so it's been a while since I worried about device files, but let's see if remember ... Method 1: # cd /dev; MAKEDEV st Method 2: # cd /dev # mknod -m 660 st0 c 9 0 # mknod -m 660 nst0 c 9 128 # chown root:tape st0 nst0 Method 3: Install a kernel that does devfs :) Good luck, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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