How do I find internal tape drive model?
A friend of mine has asked me to get a replacement (internal) tape drive for his Linux machine - ideally the same model as the one that has just failed. There are no markings on the front of the drive so how can I find out the model?
I don't know whether it is SCSI or IDE and have used my fairly limited knowledge to try and find out hardware information, for instance hwinfo does not run - I assume package has not been installed. Not sure of Linux distribution - /proc/version gives: linux version 2.2.14 (root@alisash) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) # 2 sat apr 29 18:58:49 pdt 2000 I can't even simply open up machine as am not onsite & was hoping to have replacement drive before calling. Also have bit between teeth now and want to know how to find this out!! :) Thanks for any help. |
Run the command 'lspci -v' and that will give you a good listing of all devices on the PCI bus.
If the drive is IDE it won't show up there. If you see a scsi card installed, you probably will have to lift the cover and look to see where it's plugged in. IDE bus or SCSI. Hope this helps. |
Look at the output of the console command dmesg. If linux can recognize the drive (ATAPI or SCSI) then you should be able to see a make / model. You may not be able to find a brand new drive of the same model.
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You can give a try to :
#cat /proc/scsi/scsi |
I use a scsi tape drive. I can see its name as /dev/st0. If yours is a scsi drive, a "ls /dev/st*" should give you its name. Then you can (assume it is /dev/st0, it probably will be if it is scsi) do a "mt -f /dev/st0 status" to get more information.
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