add SDT 10000 DDS on a proliant

[bangor_1]

Hello,

I want to add a SDT 10000 DDS on a proliant.
dmesg shows the peripheral has been added as well as ftape v3.04d
/proc/scsi/scsi shows device is attached
/proc/modules shows I already have ftape in kernel
I do not know:
1. If the driver to be used is ftape os st
2. Which device file should be used
When I run tar -cf /dev/ftape /home
I get the error
cannot open no such device
when trying to get its status by the command mt I fail: the command is not found
could any one help me?

Many thanks

[Jerome Henry]

Try to check your tape drive and tape :

See this for details :

http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/stricker/lab/linux_tape.html

Let us know exact error message.

Hope this helps.

J

[Stuart Browne]

I don't think you want the 'ftape' module loaded, just the 'st' module.

The device you'll need to use is /dev/nst0 (or /dev/st0).

From memory, 'ftape' is used for old tape drives that were driven off the floppy interface (the old Colorado drives ring bells).

'mt' by default uses /dev/tape, which is usually a symbolic link to your real device.

If you've got the 'ftape' as a module, remove it. It shouldn't be there (unless you have the other type of device as well (which I doubt). Make sure that the 'st' module is installed (should be automatically).