[plug] SCSI probs

[Matt Kemner]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, David Griffiths wrote:

> Looking at the tape archives, it may have been something as simple as the
> tape running out - looks like bru using the nrtape device behaves
> differently under linux than it does under IRIX and has been appending
> archives when I thought it was writing at the start of the tape.

Under Linux, generally if you use a tape device that starts with "n" it
means "no rewind". I don't know if "nrtape" is the same, because it isn't
mentioned in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, but it does mention
for example:

                0 = /dev/st0          First SCSI tape, mode 0
                1 = /dev/st1          Second SCSI tape, mode 0
                    ...
              128 = /dev/nst0         First SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind
              129 = /dev/nst1         Second SCSI tape, mode 0, no rewind

Is there an "rtape" device you can use instead?

 - Matt