Travan/Seagate tape drive not showing up in /dev

btalton · 01-02-2007, 11:27 PM

I'm having some trouble getting a Seagate STT3401A Atapi IDE tape drive online. I see it in the dmesg log:

Code:

Probing IDE interface ide0...
hda: AOPEN CRW1232, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdb: Seagate STT3401A, ATAPI TAPE drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14

But no links or references anywhere else in the log. There is no 'hdb' under dev...

Code:

[root@linuxXXXX ~]# ls -la /dev/hd*
brw-rw----  1 root disk  3, 0 Jan  1 14:52 /dev/hda
brw-rw----  1 root disk 22, 0 Jan  1 14:52 /dev/hdc
brw-rw----  1 root disk 22, 1 Jan  1 14:52 /dev/hdc1
brw-rw----  1 root disk 22, 2 Jan  1 14:52 /dev/hdc2
brw-rw----  1 root disk 22, 3 Jan  1 14:52 /dev/hdc3

'ide-tape' is not loaded apparently. I am using Fedora Core 3 (2.6.12-1.1381_FC3). I am a bit new to Linux but I certainly know my way around. I am just stumped as to where to start. I need the drive to be recognized in the Yosemite Backup program. Question: How do I install the IDE module. Based on past posts it seems should at least start there. Ideas? I'm be happy to provide more info if needed and thanks in advance for any help.

btalton · 01-02-2007, 11:49 PM

what does that mean. I'm unsure of what to do next.

Code:

[root@linuxXXXX doc]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=-1, block number=-1, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (10000):
 IM_REP_EN

PatrickNew · 01-02-2007, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btalton

'ide-tape' is not loaded apparently.

Do the quotes mean that you know the name of the module that should handle this is named 'ide-tape'? If so, give "modprobe ide-tape" a try. That failing try "insmod ide-tape'. You're running a 2.6 kernel, so I think udev should pick it up then.