Tape library

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Dirk Moolman wrote:
> I have a Neo tape library connected to one of my Linux servers (SLES 9)
>
> One of my collegues tell me that the device names are /dev/obt0, and
> /dev/obt1.
> There are tapes loaded in both drives, but I cannot write to them using
> these devices.
>
> tar cvf /dev/obt0 *
> tar: /dev/obt0: Cannot open: No such device or address
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

One of your collegues is an idiot.  I've never heard of any Linux kernel 
setting /dev/obt as a block device for anything. 
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt defines all the devices known to 
the kernel.

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