-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stuart Bailey wrote: |>It would also help us if you sent a sample of the command you used to |>start tar to do the backup. Usually with tar you need to specify the |>-f /dev/nst0 or simular to backup to the drive. You do have to |>replace the /dev/nst0 with the device name for your tape drive. | |Sorry, I'm using: |tar -cvf /dev/st0 <files list> | |However, after the previous response, I have noticed that /dev/st0 was an |ordinary file, not a device file. |I'm now trying to work out what it should be - I think mknod /dev/st0 c 9 0 |should do it. | |It's odd how this has changed - it was working fine before the update. | |Many thanks, | |Stuart. | First, check your dmesg log for the device being used for the tape drive? I'm thinking maybe they don't have a SCSI tape driver being loaded to create the device. Do a lsmod and look for the st module. Let us know, James Kosin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC8jkpkNLDmnu1kSkRAuP5AJ96bTyIK4lvGd45ADxsUebG0ceJZgCdHQUk ZicVkAfDqB87AAridXR4/Nw= =EkbZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
