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SCSI tape install



> Please don't talk to me about Red Hat.  I just got the following message
> back from them.  All very nice but it refers to a non-existent location on
> the system fresh-installed from their 5.2 operating system disk.
> 
>         The device it's self should show up in /dev/sd0 and you
> should be able to access it using the `mt` and `tar` commands. 
> 

Probably just a typo... try using /dev/st0 (scsi-tape)

If you want the non-rewinding device, use /dev/nst0



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- Christoph


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