SCSI Tape/Library Problem

[Brett I. Holcomb]

On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:01:55 -0700
Andrew Mathews <andrew_mathews at linux-works.org> wrote:

> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 10:29:05 -0700
> > Andrew Mathews <andrew_mathews at linux-works.org> wrote:
> > 
Correct.  The changer is /dev/sg2 per the proc scsi output and that matches what the system sees on boot.

I'm new to devfs also so I'm trying to figure it all out.  However, no st devices were created.

> 
> Well, while I don't know about devfs, I do know that the changer and the 
> drive are not the same device name. How could you tell the changer 
> device to rewind, or the drive to move the tape to a different slot? 
> There *has* to be a device name for the drive, even if it's sg1, sg2, 
> etc. A changer does not use the same commands as a drive, or vice versa, 
> and sg* is the standard device naming convention for a changer.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Mathews
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