Re: Tape Drive With Linux.

> Red Hat 7.2 uses Grub as the default boot loader. You need to add the
> "hdd=3Dide-scsi" to the line that you currently boot with in the
> /boot/grub/grub.conf (I believe that is the file). Leave off the "app=
end",
> you'll see that you can just add to the end of the line in GRUB, vers=
us
> having to "append" with lilo.
>=20
> And I, for one, don't mind many questions being asked :-)

Thanks Richard, Wolfgang and Mike.

The boot file is where Richard said it would be, well done.

To clarify what I should be doing here is my grub.conf file:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this =
file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=3D/dev/hda2
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=3D/dev/hda
default=3D0
timeout=3D10
splashimage=3D(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
password --md5 $1$=A6+++-HdV$aGxlQba7xWWCEahc3kUwB.
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=3D/dev/hda2
	initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
title DOS
	rootnoverify (hd1,3)
	chainloader +1
----------------------------------------------------------------------

I should add the line "hdd=3Dide-scsi" after the line "initrd
/initrd-2.4.7-10.img" and before the line "title DOS". Is that correct?


> > and then to add this line (modprobe ide-scsi) to the file=20
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.local --this file I do have.
>=20
> Which will load the ide-scsi driver as a module.  If it's
> compiled into your kernel, this will generate a harmless warning.
> If you have compiled your kernel yourself, you have to make sure
> that the ide-scsi driver is available.

Ok, so I should try seeing if my tape works without adding this line,
having rebooted first, cos it may already be in my Kernel. If it doesn'=
t
work then it should do so after adding this line. Is that correct?

Also thanks guys for the linking info (using 'ln') I am learning a lot
today!

Anything to stop me making two links like this:

ln -s /dev/nst0 /dev/tape-rewind
ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape-no-rewind

depending on whether I want to rewind or not?

=46inally many thanks for all your emails, what a helpfull place this l=
ist
is.

Regards and best wishes,

=2E.matthew
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