What To Do If A Device Node Is Missing - Quantum DAT 160 Reference

What To Do if a Device
Node is Missing
Accessing Devices Using /dev/st* Device Nodes
Installing a DLT, SDLT, VS, LTO, or DAT Tape Drive Into a Linux Operating System
You should see a block of four listings for each device. The list will look
similar to the following:
For this type of
device...
Auto-rewind
No-rewind
If one or more device node listings are not present, see
Node is Missing
For an explanation of what each part of the listing means, see
Device Node File Listing
If any of the device node listings are not present in the
st
0
need to create them.
Use the commands described in
mknod
on page 16 and Creating No-Rewind Device Nodes
Refer to the following documentation for detailed instructions:
• Your Linux documentation
•
st(4) man page
• mknod(1) man page
The list of /dev device files will look similar to...
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
crw-rw---- 1 root disk
on page 12.
on page 13.
Creating Auto-Rewind Device Nodes
6464215-01, Rev B
January 2006
9, 0 Sep 15 2003 st0
9, 96 Sep 15 2003 st0a
9, 32 Sep 15 2003 st0l
9, 64 Sep 15 2003 st0m
9, 128 Sep 15 2003 nst0
9, 224 Sep 15 2003 nst0a
9, 160 Sep 15 2003 nst0l
9, 192 Sep 15 2003 nst0m
What To Do if a Device
Interpreting the
directory, you
/dev
on page 16.
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