Re: [cobalt-users] Scsi Tape backup q's?

[Ryan Verner <xfesty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24/01/2004, at 8:49 PM, paul wrote:

> Morning guys ☺
>
> Have connected a tape drive to the rear of my 4i/550 in the stupid 
> hope that it might be recognised by the interface and that I could 
> backup directly onto the tape drive.
>
> However, of course, it cant be seen by the interface!!

Your system may not have mounted it (I can't remember if the 550 
automounts devices or not; can anybody else sing out?).  If you 
telnet/ssh into the system, as root, what do you get when you type 
both:

df
dmesg

(With dmesg, only paste the last 10 or so lines at most, only 
interested really in anything recent that mentions SCSI or that tape 
drive).

Also, unplug the tape drive, type the following in:

tail -f /var/log/messages

Then plug the tape drive back in; you should get some stuff coming up 
on the screen.  Paste that here too.

Type in CTRL^C to cancel that command once done.

R

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