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Old 01-05-2005, 09:23 AM   #1
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eject tape drive


I can use the 'eject' command to eject the the tape from the internal tape drive , how to eject the tape from the external tape drive ? thx
 
Old 01-05-2005, 10:04 AM   #2
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What type of tape drive? If SCSI then you can use the mt command i.e.

mt -f /dev/st0 unload

Replace /dev/st0 with the actual device ID.
 
  


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