I want to know what is the tape device path in my system , previously , the tape device is /dev/tape when we use DDS4 device , now we change to use SDLT device , the tape device seems is not /dev/tape , could suggest how can I know what is the tape device ? thx

"I want to know what is the tape device path in my system , previously , the tape device is /dev/tape when we use DDS4 device , now we change to use SDLT device , the tape device seems is not /dev/tape , could suggest how can I know what is the tape device ? thx"

The SDLT tape address is probably /dev/st0

The DDS4 tape device was also probably /dev/st0. It is common practice to use a symbolic link from /dev/tape to the real tape device. You could re-establish the symbolic link with this command:

ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape

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Steve Stites

thx reply , the device path seems is not /dev/st0 , I try to use the command "eject" , I use tar command to compress to the tape "tar -zcvf /dev/st0 /tmp/*" , it can't tar the files, so I think the path is incorrect , could anyone help me ?

thx in advance.

look at your dmesg (or post it here), perhaps it appears there.

mgmax