It just occurred to me that it would need a reboot after connecting the tape
drive power.
Device is found.
Thanks all.
JMC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R P Herrold [mailto:herrold@owlriver.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:44 PM
> To: SLUG List
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] HP Netserver Tape Drive Config. - How?
>
>
> On 28 Aug 2002, Matt Miller wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 11:41, Clay, John wrote:
> > > Netserver LH Pro (2xPPro 180)
> > >
> > > RH 7.2
> > >
> > > It has a Dat 8 tape drive. Can anyone give me a clue as
> to how to make it
> > > operational?
>
> modprobe aic7xxx
>
> then this code works ... taken from live production code ...
>
> [root@cronos bin]# grep MT backup-all
>
> MT="/bin/mt -f $tapedrive "
> $MT rewind >> $REPORT 2>&1
> $MT status >> $REPORT 2>&1
> $MT setdensity 3 >> $REPORT 2>&1
> $MT status 2>&1 | logger -p local1.info
> $MT offline >> $REPORT 2>&1
> $MT status >> $REPORT 2>&1
>
> [root@cronos bin]# grep tapedrive backup-all
>
> tapedrive="/dev/st0 "
> MT="/bin/mt -f $tapedrive "
> cpio -o --block-size=100 --format=newc > ${tapedrive} \
>
> [root@cronos bin]#
>
>
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