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Subject: Re: Debian IDE Tape Drive
From: John Thompson <john@starfleet.thompson.us>
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2003 9:15 PM

In article <pan.2003.02.15.09.31.14.316597.966@yahoo.com>, Michael Robertson wrote:

> Hi, what is the device name for an ide tape drive in debian 3?
> 
> /dev/h???

/dev/ht0        = first rewinding device
/dev/ht1        = second rewinding device

/dev/nht0       = first non-rewinding device
/dev/nht1       = second non-rewinding device

All this and more can be found in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt 
if you have the kernel sources installed.

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