Recognizing Travan tape drive on PE 420 with FC2

[Adam Williams]

have you tried tar -cvf /dev/st0 /root

Paul C. Gindhart wrote:
> Came accross your post searching for a solution for the Seagate STT3401A under Suse 9.x ...
>
> What command(s) are you using to backup data to the tape drive.
> While trying :
>
> tar cvf /dev/ht0 (filename)
> responds (after running the drive)
>
> tar: /dev/ht0: Wrote only 0 of 10240 bytes
> tar: Error is not recoverable: Exiting now
>
> when we do:
>
> mt -f \dev\ht0 status
>
> drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
> drive status = 22790
> sense key error = 0
> residue count = 0
> file number = 0
> block number = 0
> Tape block size 22790 bytes. Density code 0x0 (default).
> Soft error count since last status=0
> General status bits on (0):
>
> Any insight or recommendations would be greatly appreciated,
> Thanks in advance, Paul
>
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