[KLUG Members] Server Problem (long)

[Richard Zimmerman]

> When I issue the command "mt -f /dev/st0 status" (or any mt command) I

   I found using the -t option worked better for my ide based tape drive.
Give it a shot. I can't find documentation to support this and the man page
ia VERY vauge about it (it mentions -f and -t doesn't explain them), but I'm
almost willing to bet a paycheck that -f means Floppy type interface and -t
means "normal"? I was having the problem of typing mt -f /dev/ht0 erase and
having it literally wipping out tapes until I did a valid backup with them
on a Windows based system to "restore" the tape. When I tried the -t option
instead, it now erases the tapes just fine.

   Hopes this helps...

   Richard

Richard Zimmerman                                     richard@knbpower.com
System Administrator                                   ke4rit@earthlink.net
K&B Transport, Inc.
Elkhart, Indiana                     Advanced SKYWARN weather spotter

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