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I'm running FC5, kernel 2.6.15. I've installed an IDE Exabyte VXA2 single tape drive in the system. The drive in recognized in /var/log/dmesg as an exabyte VXA2 tape drive, device /dev/hdd. However, I am unable to mount anything in the tape drive. Is SCSI emulation required? Something else I'm missing? thanks.
Tape drives can not be mounted. Yes, use SCSI emulation and then the tape device will be /dev/st0. Make sure all of the SCSI subsystem modules and the st (tape module) are loaded.
okay, system is able to recognize the tape drive, but it's showing up as /dev/sg1. when i try, mt -f /dev/sg1 status, i get the following error: /dev/sg1=operation not permitted.
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