Connect the tape drive

ust · 10-25-2004, 09:01 PM

I use ARCserve as the backup server on my RH linux server , I hv just kill the backup process , then the tape device ( /dev/st0 )can't connect again , now I tried to use tar to backup file , then it pop the below error ,
could suggest how can I connect it back except reboot it ? thx.

/tmp> tar -cvf /dev/st0 /tmp/*
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot open: No such device or address
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

ust · 10-25-2004, 10:23 PM

the below is my output , it seems the device /dev/st0 is gone, how to mount it back ? thx.

ust · 10-25-2004, 10:40 PM

/dev> mt status
/dev/tape: No such device or address
edp//dev> mt unlock
/dev/tape: No such device or address
edp//dev> mt offl
/dev/tape: No such device or address
edp//dev> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
/dev/st0: No such device or address