[plug] IDE-TAPE

[scott at linuxit.com.au]

Hi Onno
modprobe ide-tape
/dev/MAKEDEV ht0
mt -f /dev/ht0 status
mt -f /dev/ht0 erase
etc..
find /<files-to-backup> -print | cpio -oa --block-size=512 --format=crc -O
/dev/ht0    ...or whatever similar

Hope this helps



> On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:36, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> > Just installed a SONY AIT2 IDE drive into a Debian 2.4.18-686 box.
>> > According to the person who installed it (I'm in Kununurra, the box
>> > in Perth), the BIOS shows the drive, but in dmesg I see nothing.
>> >
>> > While I need to run ide-tape etc, I'm guessing that before anything
>> > will work, I need to see it in dmesg first?
>>
>> Probably, yes.
>
> Still no luck with dmesg.
>
>> If it's an ATA tape drive, you may need to boot with an extra argument
>>  on the kernel command line (sigh). Try 'hdc=ide-tape' (replacing hdc
>> with the correct device that the tape drive is on).
>
> I've tried both with append="hdc=ide-tape" and append="hdc=ide-scsi".
> Neither shows anything in dmesg.
>
> Also, modprobe for ide-tape or st, just works without errors, no
> messages anywhere that I can see.
>
> So, here's what I've tried:
>      * Just boot the machine, nothing shows on ide1 (the secondary
>        channel)
>      * Boot the machine, using append="hdc=ide-tape"
>      * Boot the machine, using append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>      * Looked on google for ait2, ide-tape, sony SDX520 and a few
>        (>>50) other permutations
>      * Upgraded kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.4.21 (Because the linux tape
>        certification site at: <http://www.linuxtapecert.org/> suggested
>        issues with the 2.4.18 kernel)
>      * Spoke with Sony Technical Support - sorry, we don't support
>        linux (even though there is a Sony press release exclaiming
>        their AIT2 tape drive certification)
>        <http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:pzOqKu0Eyq4J:www.qualstar.com/ait_linuxcert.pdf+linux+ait-2&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>>      * Spoke with Sony recommended local support (Barhams)
>      * Banged my head against the screen - luckily no cracks whilst
>        exclaiming: "Why is everything simple just so b***dy hard!"
>
> Apart from "Sorry, can't help", any other ideas?
> http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:pzOqKu0Eyq4J:www.qualstar.com/ait_linuxcert.pdf+linux+ait-2&hl=en&ie=UTF-8> Onno Benschop
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