[CLUE-Tech] How to make Linux recognize IDE tape drive?

[Adam A. G. Shamblin]

> That last line says something about hdd <-> ht0.  However, doing a 
> "ls -la /dev/hdd" or "ls -la /dev/ht0" still gets a "file not found" 
> message.  Any clues on what the next step should be so that I can actually 
> *access* the drive?
> 
>                    --Dave

Aren't tape devices generally accessed w/out a filesystem?  If that's the case, you will likely need to use tar to extract data from the device.


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