HP Tape Changer and Linux

Mon Aug 2 14:41:42 UTC 2004

I've got a friend of mine offering me an HP C1553A 24/48
Autoloading Tape Drive.  I've done a few Google searches
concerning this device.

HP says it's Linux compatible.

Most mailing list references (rather dated) says it's not
supported by the kernel (although these are mostly 2.2.x
references).

The Amanda website references tapes for the device, but
I didn't see anything referencing the device itself.

It's possible I'm not searching on the right terms, but I
figured I'd ask the list and see if anybody is currently
using one of these things and with what sort of
configuration.