Re: [PLUG] SCSI tape question

[Jeff Dean <jdean@ieee.org>]

Use dmesg:

  [root@smp /root]# dmesg|grep tape
  Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 3, lun 0     

Or check your messages:

  [root@smp /root]# grep tape
  /var/log/messages.1:Mar  2 00:10:23 smp kernel: 
  Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi1,  channel 0, id 3, lun 0  

At 3/10/01 11:34 AM, you wrote:
>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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