python tape drive

[Rick Stevens]

tyche wrote:
> recieved a python 28781-XXX drive recently and would like to use it on a 
> backup server. havent thought of doing this before, but would like some 
> advice, assuming its compatable, on using this thing in this manner.
> 
> it is currently on a p266 with 96mb ram running rh 7.1 stock

What interface does it use?  If it's SCSI, it'll show up as /dev/st0
or one of its variants (rst0, nrst0).  If it's some other interface,
you may need to load another module to make it go (such as "ftape").
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