[PLUG] SCSI tape question

[Beldon <beldon@speakeasy.org>]

I've been putting together this old 486 box to use as a backup server.  I've 
got the SCSI card to work, but I have no idea how to tell if the tape drive 
itself is being seen.  Part of the problem is that I have no experience with 
character devices (I have gotten my Orb drive to work with it).  The other 
problem is I have no idea what entry in the /dev dirctory the thing is on-- 
if any.

How do you tell (or is there a utility to show) what node a given device is 
on?  I'm running a modified RH7 with the 2.4.2 kernel.  I've looked in 
several sources but they are pretty vague as to whether something would be 
/dev/st1 or /dev/nst or what.  There's got to be a better way than trying tar 
to all possible devices.

Isn't there?

Thanks in advance.

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