tlug: scsi tape issues

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

OK, I got this brand new DDS-3 scsi dat drive.  I got some 124m tapes for
it.  every time I try to write to one, I get 'read-only filesystem'
errors.

If I pop the tape out, it says, "no media found"... st module is loaded,
scsi driver sees the tape drive.  What's going on?  I'm using /dev/st0 for
the tape device (/dev/nst0 does same thing).  Trying /dev/[n]st{123456}
gives the correct 'device not configured' error.

Should I just try some 90 or 120 meter tapes?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux English / Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc. (http://www.turbolinux.com)


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