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Old 11-25-2010, 12:50 AM   #1
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Cant figure out how to make my storageworks tape drive work with linux redhat ent 5

kindly help i am completely new to linux but am able to enter commands and some old unix experience...
Last edited by XavierP; 11-26-2010 at 04:42 AM. Reason: Moved to Linux-Server
 
Old 11-26-2010, 12:02 PM   #2
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What exactly do you want to achieve?
 
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# 'yum install mt-st' .. for the mt command

And may be ..
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-t...command-howto/

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Old 11-26-2010, 12:29 PM   #4
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What is the model number of your tape drive?
Does it use SCSI or USB?
 
  


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