Installing a tape drive

Read your tape drive hardware manual for physical installation instructions and general information.

AT bus tape drive controllers use jumpers or switches to set the interrupt vector, DMA channel, and so on.

EISA and MCA bus settings are configured using a software utility provided with the machine although you may also need to set jumpers or switches on some MCA cards.

To add a tape drive:

1. Log in as root and put the system into maintenance mode.

2. Select Tape Drive from the devices listed by the Hardware/Kernel Manager or enter the mkdev tape command.

3. Select to configure a SCSI or non-SCSI tape drive.

4. To install a SCSI tape drive, see ``Installing a SCSI tape drive''.

   To install a non-SCSI tape drive, see one of these sections:

   • ``Installing a QIC-02 cartridge tape drive''

   • ``Installing an Irwin mini-cartridge tape drive'' -- including the Accutrack 250 and 120 pc/mc

   • ``Installing a QIC-40/80 floppy tape drive''

   • ``Installing a Compaq CPQS tape drive''