Bug 659

Summary:	mt command does not work correctly when using -f option
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	avy
Component:	mt-st	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2
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Description avy 1998-12-30 22:58:24 UTC

The command "mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 13" does not advance the
tape under release 5.2. Similarly "bsf 1" does not work.

Work around:
1. Symlink /dev/tape to /dev/nst0
   then "mt fsf 13" or
2. Replace /bin/mt of RedHat 5.2 with that of RedHat release
5.1

Comment 1 David Lawrence 1998-12-30 23:00:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 577 ***