> as you know, anaconda try to load st.ko for tape support > if we are in rescue mode. > > [see the followings (loader2/loader.c)] > ------------------------------------- > 1658 /* if we are in rescue mode lets load st.ko for tape support */ > 1659 if (FL_RESCUE(flags)) > 1660 scsiTapeInitialize(modLoaded, modDeps, modInfo); > ------------------------------------- > > but /dev/st0, /dev/st1,... are not created by anaconda, even if > scsi tape device(s) is found and load st.ko successfully on > rescue mode.additionally, /dev/nst0,... are also needed. > (--> FYI:RHEL4 has "/dev/st0" and "/dev/st0" statically) What version of anaconda are you testing against here? dlehman added support for creating the tape device nodes in iutil.makeDriveDeviceNodes for 11.3.0.6-1, and this should work in rescue mode as well. - Chris
