I'm afraid tapes don't have block device files at all because they are character (data is read sequentially byte by byte) devices by definition of a tape. There is no way to mount a tape like a hard drive. On 1/2/07, Larry D Sorensen <larry.sorensen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
That sounds logical, but /dev/st0 is not a block device. 'mount' is looking for a block device to mount. On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:33:38 -0600 Robert Canary <rwcanary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I guess you would mount it the same way you would any other device > > > mount -t <fstype> </dev/xxx> <mount directory> > > Larry D Sorensen wrote: > > > I know that this is not the forum for Oracle, but I have a simple > > question. I am fairly new to Oracle. I am told that to do a tape > backup > > of a database, I have to mount a tape drive. I have never had to > mount a > > tape drive before. What is involved in mounting a tape drive for > use by > > Oracle backup (rman)? > > > > Larry > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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