SATA to IDE adapter
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SATA to IDE adapter
I'm trying to see if I can use an old Iomega Ditto 800 tape drive in a server I recently built that's running Centos 7. Since the tape drive is IDE, and there is no IDE bus on the Supermicro motherboard in the server, I installed an SATA to IDE adapter, and connected the tape drive to that. How can I see if the adapter is recognized by Centos, and is there anything I can do if it is not?
Re: SATA to IDE adapter
I seem to remember that a tape drive should show up as something like /dev/st or /dev/rmt.
Also take a look here:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/unix ... -commands/
Also take a look here:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/unix ... -commands/
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Re: SATA to IDE adapter
both ls /dev/st and ls /dev/rmt come back as "no such file or directory"tunk wrote: ↑2019/02/15 19:49:29I seem to remember that a tape drive should show up as something like /dev/st or /dev/rmt.
Also take a look here:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/unix ... -commands/
Re: SATA to IDE adapter
It's a long time since I used tapes - does anything change if you insert a tape?
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Re: SATA to IDE adapter
not with respect to ls /dev/st and ls /dev/mnt. I suspect that the problem might be that the SATA to IDE adapter is not being recognized. I think my next step could be to disconnect the adapter then run several of the instructions listed in
https://www.binarytides.com/linux-comma ... ware-info/
record the output, then re-connect the adapter and run them again, looking for differences. If I don't see any, it may be worth trying again with a USB to IDE adapter, since I think I might have unused internal USB connectors on the motherboard.
Re: SATA to IDE adapter
IF it shows up at all, take a look in /run/media/[usr]. That assumes that the tape drive is automatically mounted......tunk wrote: ↑2019/02/15 19:49:29I seem to remember that a tape drive should show up as something like /dev/st or /dev/rmt.
Also take a look here:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/unix ... -commands/
Re: SATA to IDE adapter
I suspect that SATA to IDE adapters are only tested with hard disks... might even be something in the docs for the adapter saying if it supports anything else.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke