Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 17:19 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Les Mikesell wrote: >>> After installing FC5, I don't see /dev/tape showing up as a symlink >>> to /dev/nst0 anymore and it disappears after a reboot if I add one >>> manually to make mt and amanda work. The tape drive wasn't attached >>> when I installed - would that make a difference? >>> /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules does have an entry: >>> KERNEL=="nst[0-9]", BUS=="scsi", SYMLINK+="tape-%k", MODE="0660" >>> and I do have /dev/nst0. Does it need something else? >>> >> Looking at this rule, you probably have something like /dev/tape-0 >> instead of /dev/tape. The %k is replaced with the kernel number, so >> that /dev/nst0 gets a /dev/tape-0 symlink. /dev/nst1 would get >> /dev/tape-1, and so forth. > > Actually it is making tape-nst0 -> nst0, but that doesn't help > much. > Oops - you are correct. %k is kernel name, and %n is number. In any case, if you are only using one tape device, you could create a rule to give you /dev/tape and /dev/ntape. What I would do is create a file in /etc/udev/rules.d called 15-local.rules and put in two lines: KERNEL=="nst0", BUS=="scsi", SYMLINK+="ntape", MODE="0660" KERNEL=="st0", BUS=="scsi", SYMLINK+="tape", MODE="0660" At least, I normally use tape for the rewinding device and ntape for the non-rewinding device. The name used is not critical as long as your rules come before the default rules listed above. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
