Tim Coninx (Tim.Coninx@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 13:50:23 +0100 (MET)
Hi,
I did it this way:
install in the kernel the modules (section block devices)
- paride (parallel port ide devices)
- pt (parallel port atapi tapes)
- epat (shuttle epat/epez protocol)
install the devices with the script
<linuxsrctree>/drivers/block/paride/mkd (first make it executable)
install the modules
- insmod paride
- insmod epat
- insmod pt (your tapedriver starts running)
write to the tapedriver with (for example) the tar command (man tar)
writing a directory to tape:
tar czvf /dev/pt0 <dir>
or
tar czvf /dev/npt0 <dir> (no rewind)
restoring a directory from tape:
tar xzvf /dev/pt0
or
tar xzvf /dev/ntp0
This should work (it does for me)
Greetings,
Tim
PS: This is a little manual I too needed when I first wanted to use my
tapedrive. Maybe it should be put somewhere in the open, and not hidden in
a mailinglist archive...
On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Phillip Taylor wrote:
> Hi
>
> After reading the docs on the web page several times, I am still confused
> on how to install the drivers for my HP Travon 5 gig external tape drive
> that is connected to the printer port.
>
> One one example that is included in the docs is for a different type of
> device, but I know that I need to type a command in at the linux boot. I
> would pefer putting it in the linux system files, so that I do not have to
> type it in each time I reboot the system.
>
> Can you please give me a example of the commands for my tape drive, and
> the file that I need to edit to do this please?
>
> Thank you
> kernal2
>
>
>
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