[ale] SCSI Tape Drive with SUSE 9.2

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
> 
> How do I get SUSE 9.2 (2.6 kernel) to use a SCSI tape drive?
> 
> === Background
> I have just upgraded my tape server from SUSE 8.2 (2.4 kernel) to 9.2.
> 
> (It is a test upgrade, so I can still use the tape under 8.2)
> 
> In 8.2, I did an insmod for the SCSI controller and a stinit.
> 
> After that the tape drive was usable as /dev/st0.
> 
> With 9.2 the scsi controller module is being loaded fine at boot, but
> there is not a stinit command.

Searching through Yast software install option I found mt_st:


Although this mt program (called mtst) is tailored for SCSI tape drives, 
it can also be used with the QIC-02 driver and hopefully with other 
Linux tape drivers that use the same ioctls (some of the commands may 
not work with all drivers). The stinit program allows the setting of 
some SCSI tape parameters.

Unusual that it mentions stinit, but I do not find one available.  Might 
mt_st be a solution?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey