From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: 2.6.31-rc1 with ide-tape / STT2000A Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:59:33 -0600 Message-ID: <4A7DE735.6090409@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.244]:14553 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751326AbZHHU7h (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:59:37 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so2283458and.1 for ; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:59:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jim Duda Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 08/08/2009 02:30 PM, Jim Duda wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble using my STT2000A ATAPE TAPE drive after upgrading to > at least kernel 2.6.30. I use the tape drive solely for tape backup > using simple tar commands. > > In previous kernels, I was able to access the tape drive using the > ide-scsi adaptation layer with /dev/st0 > > I realize that in transitioning through 2.6.30 the kernel has abandoned > the use of ide-scsi. As I understand it, ide-tape interacts directly > with the tape drive and I am supposed to now use /dev/ht0. My first suggestion would be to try using the libata drivers instead of the old IDE ones. The st driver should be able to access the tape then. I'm not sure if many people are running ATAPI tape drives on libata these days, but the old IDE drivers certainly don't get a lot of use.