Installing Usb Drivers On Linux; Verifying An Autoloader Has Installed Correctly; What Next - HP 157770-001 - DAT Drive 20/40 Tape Configuration Manual

Installing USB drivers on Linux

Two drivers are required in order to use HP DDS/DAT USB tape drives. These are included with the
operating system and should be loaded automatically.
Use the following procedure to check that both drivers are present:
usb_storage driver
1. At the command prompt type:
lsmod | grep usb_storage
2. The output of this command should contain a line similar to:
usb_storage 61193 0
If the line is not present type
modprobe usb_storage
at the command line to load the usb-storage driver.
st tape driver
1. At the command prompt type:
lsmod | grep st
2. The output of this command should contain a line similar to:
st 35933 0
If the line is not present type:
modprobe s
at the command line to load the st driver.

Verifying an autoloader has installed correctly

To verify that the autoloader has installed correctly, run the following
mtx –f /dev/<autoloader_device_file> status
This will display the various elements in the autoloader. For more details of the
man mtx.

What next?

Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new tape drive is working
properly. Chapter 8, "Verifying the installation"
sample file to test your installation.
32 Linux (kernel 2.6.x) servers and workstations
t
mtx
provides instructions on backing up and restoring a
command:
command, run:
mtx