b20.2 Problem accessing scsi tape drive on WIndows NT SP5.

[Corinna Vinschen]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> [...]
> Anyway, as you already tried, you'll have to mount the tape:
> 
>         mount -s -f -b //./tape0 /dev/st0

Sorry, the -s and -f flags are not useful in b20.1

BTW: When you use _any_ command with tape io you have to use
the mount point instead of the native path:

    mt -f /dev/st0 rewoffl
    dd if=/dev/st0 of=/dev/null

or sth. else.

tar and mt from ftp.franken.de are using /dev/st0 by default.

Regards,
Corinna

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