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Hi, |
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root is in tape group. I cannot use mt as a user anyway. I can't see |
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initio in 'dmesg' anymore, also?? |
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Thanks |
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On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 08:13 -0700, Duncan wrote: |
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> Gavin Seddon posted <1134053851.11094.7.camel@linuxstation>, excerpted |
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> below, on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:57:31 +0000: |
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> >>> But when I use mt I get |
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> >>> ' mt -f /dev/st0 eject |
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> >>> /dev/st0: No such device or address' |
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> > Yes /dev/st0 is there. How should I start the device, as far as I |
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> > remember I built all scsi modules into the kernel. Gavin. |
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> If you have a /dev/st0, the next question is why that error message says |
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> you don't. It's likely a permissions thing. I don't have a tape backup |
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> machine, so I don't know much about the command set or how it is run, but |
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> can you run it as root? Does the error change? |
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> -- |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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Dr Gavin Seddon |
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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University of Manchester |
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Oxford Road, Manchester |
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M13 9PL, U.K. |
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