On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:57:51 -0700, Jose Quinteiro <jquintei AT LEGATO DOT COM>
wrote:

>Hello Steve,
>
>That is not entirely correct.  You must install the latest st patches to
>get support for some tape device types.  What you are experiencing is
>most likely caused by an unrecognized device type.
>

If the device is defined correctly in st.conf or st itself then doing:-
mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn stat (on a drive that is not being used by legato)
should return with the 1st line saying what device it is talking to.
eg.
geo# mt -f /dev/rmt/2cbn stat
IBM Ultrium LTO tape drive:

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