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Article #8391Re: Tape drive devices /dev/rst*
From: Joe Smith
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 14:17
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 14:17
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In article <2878@brchh104.bnr.ca> PUB%MANVAX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Ed Geraghty - Pub files Manager) writes:
>I am trying to figure out which the numbers after the /dev/rst mean. (e.g.
>/dev/rst0 /dev/rst8 etc...) can any one tell me what they mean?
Try "man st". The st (SCSI Tape) driver is documented in section 4 of
the manuals. The name "st0" is unit 0 at low density and "st8" is unit
0 at higher density. For the 150meg 1/4-inch tapes, there is no difference.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Tape drive devices /dev/rst* Keywords: No Digest Subjects in Unmoderated Mode Message-ID: <3632@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 5 Jun 91 14:17:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sunspots, Pseudo-Unmoderated Lines: 13 Approved: sun-spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: Tue, 28 May 91 16:10:00 PDT