Re: Need SCSI Tape Help
Mike Barton wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I'm using slink with an SMP kernel (2.0.36) on a dual Pentium Pro 200 with
> 256M RAM. The HD setup is a pair of 4 GB Seagate Barracudas on an Adaptec
> 2940UW along with an SCSI CDROM and a Tandberg 4222 tape drive. I've got a
> really sweet server here except that I just noticed there are no /dev/st*
> for the tape drive. Anyone know at what point during the installation these
> get created? I've got another machine here with an SCSI tape with lots of
> /dev/st*. I'd sure hate to mknod 'em all by hand on the new beast.
>
Your kernel is configured for SCSI tape support, right? I don't think
that's the default. Do a 'make menuconfig' and look for it.
If it's there, I believe you can cd to '/dev' and do a MAKEDEV, and that
will create all the proper devices for you automatically.
Folks, isn't the kernel build process supposed to do this for you? I
remember having to do this myself, for a SCSI tape also, I believe. I
used make-kpkg, then installed the binary package.
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