eject tape drive

ust · 01-25-2005, 08:40 AM

I hv a external sdlt tape drive on my RH linux server , how can I eject the tape in the tape drive , I tried eject , but it can only eject the tape in the internal drive ? please advise .

homey · 01-25-2005, 08:52 AM

If you know what the device is, you could use that to specify what gets ejected.
eject /dev/<nameofdevice>

ust · 01-25-2005, 09:26 AM

thx reply ,

how do i know what is the device ? thx

homey · 01-25-2005, 09:54 AM

It should be /dev/st? where ? is the number like 0 1 2 3 4 ....
You could run the command: dmesg and look for similar wording or just try your luck with
eject /dev/st0

rnturn · 01-26-2005, 04:46 PM

You'll need to know the device name (as others mentioned). Manipulating tapes can also be done generically using "mt". In your case, the command would probably be

Code:

mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl

where "rewoffl" stands for "rewind and take offline". You still have to flip the handle on your sdlt drive to eject the cartridge; it won't do that unless it's part of a library.

Hope this helped a bit...