On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:49:03 -0600
Ben Maas <bmaas at open-techsys.com> wrote:

> First, which model and kernel version are you currently using?  There were 
> some nasty (think system lock up) bugs on some models up until about kernel 
> v2.4.22.  I think they were all IDE models (I had trouble with the "Hornet" 
> 20/40 drive).

SuSE 8.1 with stock 2.4.19 kernel.  The drive is a Seagate TapeStor 8GB/20GB.  It's on SCSI, id no 5 I think.

> Also, make sure your are writeing to the /dev/st? (rewinding) or /dev/nt? 
> (non-rewinding) devices, where "?" is a number, probably zero.  If you don't 
> see either of those you don't have all the right drivers.  Make sure you have 
> SCSI, SCSI "generic" devices, and SCSI Tape devices.

If memory serves, last time I tried it I used /dev/st0

Thanks,

Josh

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