RE: problem - *OLD* Sun 1/4inch tape dri
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 09:33:09AM +0000, John Cumming wrote:
> I've managed to get hold of an old sun 1/4inch tape drive backup pack
(a
> huge thing that used to sit on an old 386i). I've got it configured as
> device 4 along with a CD(6) and two hard drives (3 - Linux, 1 - SunOS).
> While it works fine under SunOS4.1.1, It isn't working under Linux
> (Redhat 5.1).
>
> I've tried 'tar cvf /dev/st0 ./', 'mt -f /dev/st0 status' and mounting
> it but get messages back concerning the device not existing or
operation
> not permitted - the device does exist in my /dev/ directory.
>
> I'm using the stock kernel that comes with 5.1 (2.0.34?) and have tried
> building a monolithic kernel with scsi tape support. Still no good...
>
> I've even run MAKEDEV to recreate the tape devices.
>
> Any ideas..
Just a question: Do you have rw permission for the device (did you
execute
your tar ... as user whoever or as root)?
I was logged in as root - I wish it was as simple as that!
>
> John
Regards Bernd
>
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