python tape drive

[Rick Stevens]

tyche wrote:
> On Monday 17 May 2004 12:14 pm, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>>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").
> 
> 
> it is attached to a scsi interface. next question is what size of qic 
> cartridge does it take. i am not even sure it works yet, but the adaptec does 
> recognize it.

Probably a QIC-150 (150MB) or QIC-5250 (250MB).  The cartridges are
virtually identical.
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