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Old 07-15-2004
How do l install Travan Tape drive 20/40 DAT on Redhat 8.0

Hi,

Will someone help in giving the clue to installating Travan Tape drive on Redhat 8.0

Kayode
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Old 08-25-2004
I have been able to install the Tape drive. However, l wish to give the clue to the installation.

1. type modprobe st
2. type cat /proc/scsi/scsi to verify that the tape drive is detected.
3. mt -f /dev/st0 status to check the status of the tape drive

4. vi /etc/rc.local to insert the following lines

5. touch /var/lock/subsys/local
6. modprobe mptscsih
7. modprobe st

you can now take either a level 0 or 9 backup. You can also you the tar command to do you files backup.

Thanks

Kayode
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