[PLUG] tape archive problem
RA Cowger
t_rex at verizon.net
Wed Oct 17 21:32:58 UTC 2007
I am trying to use a tape drive to archive some important files that took a
lot of time to create and still take time to maintain. I use a flash drive
at the moment and it works, I've had to restore the files from one crash
already.
I want to use the tape drive as an extra because I already have it and several
tapes left over from WIN98 days.
The machine is a Pentium 450MHz w/256Meg of RAM running Red Hat 8
The tape drive is a HP T1000e formerly Colorado Data connected to the parallel
port. The printer is also connected to the same port through the tape drive.
If I type 'mt status', I get an error message to effect NO SUCH DEVICE.
I looked at dmesg and found the message:
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSSPP, TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0 probe: warning, class 'TAPEDRIVE' not understood.
parport 0: Unknown device, Hewlett-Packard Corp. T1000e
Can anyone help me get this thing working, is it possible to make it work?
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