* Byarlay, Wayne A. <wab AT purdue DOT edu> [20040330 11:14]:
> Greetings all.
> 
> I have a computer here, that I'm trying to get amanda installed &
> configured on. The OS is RedHat9, and I've got an adaptec SCSI card with
> a Quantum DLT7000 in there.
> 
> I know the tape device is fine hardware-wise, because I have a different
> hard drive with an old Debian image on it, and it's been working for
> years. Backs up perfectly to this tape drive.
> 
> Problem with the RH9 config, is that it successfully reports setting the
> Quantum as /dev/st0, but any attempts to do anything with it, fail. "mt
> -f /dev/st0 rewind" does nothing; the tape drive should blink to
> indicate it's working. It just returns my prompt, as if it completed,
> but the drive never does anything.

use a no-rewind tape device, presumably /dev/nst0

hth,
jf

> 
> amanda has been configured properly for the most part; but running
> amlabel incorporates the mt rewind command, and when it gets to that
> part, it just waits forever.
> 
> Any ideas to get this tape drive working?
> 
> wab.

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