Have a look at the module "ide-scsi" - it makes IDE devices look like SCSI
devices.

After loading ide-scsi - if you see the tape drive in /proc/scsi/scsi -
then TSM will be able to see it - but remember, TSM on Linux doesnt
support "GENERIC TAPE" - so if tsmscsi doesnt recognise the drive (from
the drive ID string), then you probably wont be able to use it.

I'd be interested to know how you go...

...deon
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Any way to use ide tape drive on linux?






Hello all,

I'm trying to use a seagate IDE tape drive on linux, linux recognized it
as /dev/hdf and it
works but tsm's driver seems to be only for scsi drives.
If I use /dev/hdf in the device path command TSM cannot access it and
gives me an I/O
error.


Thanks for any help