12-16-2005
Tape drive issues with SCO 5.0.5!!!
Hi
Don't know if anyone will be able to help, but we're currently having problems with our external tape drive on our SCO server. If I try the following command for instance, "tar cvf /dev/rStp0", the tape drive jumps into action for a while, then comes back with the error "tar: cannot open: /dev/rStp0", theres an entry in /var/adm/messages...
Fri Dec 16 16:48:04 2005
%Stp-0 - - - Vendor=COMPAQ Product=DLT8000
I'm an AIX system adminitrator so know my way around unix although SCO is a bit alien to me, I've tried swapping the hardware, different tape drive, (Still a 40/80 with SCSI ID 6) and cable, media and rebooting etc, all to no avail, so don't believe it to be a hardware issue. What else can you suggest I check?
Thanks for you help in advance!!!
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EJECT(1) BSD General Commands Manual EJECT(1)
NAME
eject -- eject a floppy disk, cdrom or tape
SYNOPSIS
eject [-fv] [-l | -L | -U] [-t device-type] [-d] device
eject -n
DESCRIPTION
The eject program ejects a medium from the specified device. It can also load a cdrom in the drive if this operation is supported by the
hardware. The device argument specifies a device either by its full path name (identified by a /dev/ prefix), or by one of the built-in
nicknames. If the medium contains a file system that is currently mounted, eject will attempt to unmount the file system before ejecting.
The following options are available:
-d Deprecated.
-f Force the eject operation without attempting to unmount any file systems first.
-l Load media in the drive (only supported for the cdrom device type).
-L Lock the media into the drive (but see BUGS below).
-n List the built-in nicknames on standard output.
-t device-type
Specify the device type. The argument must be one of diskette, floppy, cdrom, disk, or tape. This option is necessary when ejecting a
device for which no built-in knowledge is available.
-U Unlock the media from the drive.
-v Display some of the actions taken on standard output.
BUGS
Most disk drivers automatically lock the media on the first open and unlock it on the last close, making 'eject -L' almost useless, since
when it closes the device, it gets unlocked again.
BSD
October 6, 2001 BSD