[Gllug] SCSI and /dev

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:49:28AM +0000, Tom wrote:
> Morning all.
> 
> I'm trying to get a tape drive to work. It seems to show up in
> /proc/scsi/scsi as channel 0, id 6, and it's the first entry. How can
> I find out which /dev entry it is?

Try 'mt -f /dev/st0 status', then repeat with st1 etc until you get a
response.  If it's the only drive then it should be st0.

You could try devfs, which has some flaws but does give you a /dev
structure that reflects the kernel's internal device naming scheme.

-- 
Bruce

Hierophant: someone who remembers, when you are on the way down,
everything you did to them on the way up.
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