On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:44:13 -0400 Jim Duda <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thi > > My first suggestion would be to try using the libata drivers instead of > > the old IDE ones. The st driver should be able to access the tape then. > > I'm not sure if many people are running ATAPI tape drives on libata > > these days, but the old IDE drivers certainly don't get a lot of use. > > -- > > Where/how can I learn how to access my tape drive using libata? You need st_mod.ko loaded (scsi tape), and the newer modules for the hard disk controller (pata_xxxx) and it should appear as /dev/st0 just as it did before the old IDE people broke ide-scsi support. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
