If you experience problems using a standard tape device under Linux, you should
start by troubleshooting your driver configuration – you MUST have SCSI and
SCSI tape support built into your kernel.

If you did not see a message at boot time like:

st0: …..

then no SCSI tape drives were found. Review the boot messages using the
dmesg command:

% dmesg | more

To reconfigure your kernel see the instructions in "/usr/src/linux" and follow steps
like:

% make config

% make depend

% make zImage

move /zImage to the usual kernel file location (for example "/")

re-run /sbin/lilo to allow it to boot

reboot your system with the new kernel.

autochanger devices

Note: This only relates to DDS format tape drives. Autoloaders are not
available for DLT or Ultrium formats.

By default, Linux does not have any software that will drive an autochanger device
(such as the HP SureStore DAT24x6i and the HP SureStore DAT24x6e
autochangers). To run a HP SureStore DAT24x6 autoloader within the Linux OS,
you either need to purchase an appropriate backup solution, or use a third party
changer utility.

An example is "mtx" which can be obtained from

"ftp://ftp.dandelion.com"

Refer to the third party "mtx" utility documentation for full details

Note that the current HP autochanger utility (which is also called "mtx"), provided
on the HP SureStore DDS CD-ROM, is not currently portable to Linux. A portable
version is expected to be released shortly.

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This manual is related to the following products:

Surestore DLT VS80 Tape Drive