How to find out if Tape drive is compatible or not?
 

Hi,
Tape drive taht I have is IBM ULTRIUM-TD1 36U3.
I have st0,nst0 in /dev list.
I tried to wtite to tape using
tar -cvf /dev/nst0 file1
I got this error:
tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot open: Input/output error
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

same error is seen with st0. Have provided link to Tape
[root@xyz \dev]# ls -lrt tape
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 18 10:29 tape -> nst0

Not able to write through /dev/tape too.

Can some one help me out in this problem and tell me how to write to Tape on linux.

Thanks

Hello nishi dwivedi,


To check if the drive is compatible or not , you will
have to read HCL for your distribution.


Have a look at:- for a quick howto on tape backups
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/usail/backups/backup/
Hope, this will help you