[TriLUG] mt command

[Ed Hill]

On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 14:54, JoJo Almario wrote:
> I installed an Ecrix 66 gigagbyte tape drive in a server housing a fresh
> load of redhat 7.2.  I tried to do a man on the mt command and it said no
> man entry for it.  I tried mt fsf and other commands and it couldn't find th
> mt command.  Is there a particular part of the installation that handles the
> mt command? IS there any reasdon why it would not be included.
> 

On a fairly stock RH 6.2 install, /bin/mt exists as a part of the:

  mt-st-0.5b-7

RPM package.  On one of my almost-stock RH 7.2 systems, that package is
not installed.  Sounds like you'll have to locate that package and
install it.

hth,
Ed


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