SCSI Tape Support

[Bill Northcott]

>I was wondering what, if any, built-in support MacOS X has for SCSI tape
>drives. Specifically, can I attach a SCSI DAT or 8mm drive and access it
>using a standard /dev/rmt* or /dev/rst* device? Do I need a kext?

Last time I looked MacOS X has SCSI drivers but no tape device drivers. 
There is also no support for the standard UNIX backup mechanisms.  You may 
of course be able to find some open source stuff.

Of course there would be little point in Apple providing the UNIX tools as 
they would not handle MacOS file metadata.

Why not do yourself a favour and get Retrospect?  It is the best backup 
software available on any platform.  Rock solid, very easy to use, support 
for every conceivable backup device and really helpful.

Bill Northcott