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Re: SCSI kernel 2.6 question

2006-01-20 12:14:57
Subject: Re: SCSI kernel 2.6 question
From: Graeme Humphries <graeme.humphries AT vcom DOT com>
To: Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:07:22 -0600
Frank Smith wrote:

I've linked /dev/changer to /dev/sg0 (the device asigned) and 'mtx
status' is giving the right output but when it comes to mt commands I
get no aswer... not even errors and the tapelibrary isn't moving a bit.
What device are you using for mt? Typically, there's a separate device for the changer and the tape drive itself, so /dev/sg0 will do changer operations, but you'll need to talk to /dev/[n]st0 to do action tape drive operations.

Graeme

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