[arch-general] Unable to use tape drive

[Vitor Garcia]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:53:47 +0200
Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:

Thanks very much for the tips, but I haven't found my device on /sys


> To get a better idea of what is happening, check `dmesg` for any
> messages regarding your tape-drive. You could also do `rmmod st &&
> modprobe -v st` and check the output to the console and dmesg for any
> errors.

modprobe -v st shows:
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.33-ARCH/kernel/drivers/scsi/st.ko

> Finally, I'd find the path to your device in /sys and look in the
> modalias file. This needs to match one of the modalias expressions you
> see in `modinfo st`. A simple way to check this is to `modprobe -R
> <your modalias>`. It should tell you the name of the modules it
> matches with.

/sys/class/scsi_tape is empty.