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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:22:01
Message-Id: pan.2005.12.08.15.13.52.102435@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work by Gavin Seddon
1 Gavin Seddon posted <1134053851.11094.7.camel@linuxstation>, excerpted
2 below, on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:57:31 +0000:
3
4 >>> But when I use mt I get
5 >>> ' mt -f /dev/st0 eject
6 >>> /dev/st0: No such device or address'
7
8 > Yes /dev/st0 is there. How should I start the device, as far as I
9 > remember I built all scsi modules into the kernel. Gavin.
10
11 If you have a /dev/st0, the next question is why that error message says
12 you don't. It's likely a permissions thing. I don't have a tape backup
13 machine, so I don't know much about the command set or how it is run, but
14 can you run it as root? Does the error change?
15
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17 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
18 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
19 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in
20 http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work "Kevin F. Quinn" <kevquinn@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: initio seen, mt -f doesn't work Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@×××××××××××××.uk>