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Re: Linux/tape library Question

2003-11-01 09:31:57
Subject: Re: Linux/tape library Question
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: Brian Anderson <rhinomlbox AT hotmail DOT com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:28:33 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 at 5:41pm, Brian Anderson wrote

> I am using a Spectralogic 10000 tape library attached to a Linux box
> running the 2.4.18-3 kernel.

That looks like a default kernel.  I'm sure there have been updates since 
it was released...

> My library device name is /dev/sg0
> and my tape drives are /dev/nst0 thru /dev/nst3
> Is there a prefered changer script for this config? chg-multi? chg-
> scsi?

For my changer on Linux, I use chg-zd-mtx.  Others use chg-scsi.  For the 
prior, you'll need to install mtx.

> Also, do my slots get a device name or are they referenced some other
> way?

They're referenced another way.  With chg-zd-mtx, it's via mtx.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University


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