Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:23:28 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: SCSI Tape driver While we're at it QFA problems. |
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Dave Cinege writes: > On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:06:44 +1000, eyal wrote: > > >Dave Cinege wrote: > >> > >> Since some tape problem have been bought up... > >> > >> I'm unable to space forward the tape on my DAT. It appears to move > forward > >> to the desired place on the tape, but as soon as I try to access the tape it > >> rewinds back to block 0. (whether it is tar or just mt tell) > > > >Are you using the 'no rewind' tape device (e.g. /dev/nst0 or > >/dev/tapenr)? If not > >then the tape will always rewind after each command. > > : P > All this time, and I've never seen this documented anywhere.
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt
Regards,
Richard....
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