--- Gabe Turner <dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > Question: How do I communicate with this tape > drive? It is the only SCSI > > device in the system and I have no experience with > SCSI devices. > > Since it's a tape, it doesn't have a filesystem so > you can't really mount > it. All you do is write to the raw device (like > /dev/sd0 or whatever). I see... That leads me to my next question then. How can I determine what the device name is? Is this assigned automatically when the driver loads? I am using the BusLogic.o driver for my SCSI card. I was under the impression that the device name may change based on how you may be trying to use the drive - i.e. 'rewind' or 'non-rewind' or maybe even based on the size of media you place in the drive. At least someone told that is how their SCSI tape drive was used in HP-UX. Does Linux do something similar to your knoweledge? Thanks, Mike p.s. I think I will pick up the O'Reily book asap. I would love to read the chapters on crafting a policy and procedure etc. I could use a little help there too! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org