Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl
From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: problems installing Archive tape driver
Keywords: Archive streaming tape driver Microport V2.4
Message-ID: <1505@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 15:52:10 GMT
References: <331@siswat.UUCP>
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Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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In article <331@siswat.UUCP>, buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes:

[ story of configuring the archive tape driver in V/AT 2.4]

> /dev/rmt0 already exists (no mknod required),
> so I try  "cat /etc/passwd >/dev/rmt0", but the system
> hangs (console still accepts input, but cannot intr out).

I did what you did with the Everex driver.  Then I looked around
and found a whole bunch of nodes other than /dev/rmt0.  In particular,
/dev/mt/1m and a few others.  These seem to talk to the tape drive
ok.  I wish I had some documentation that said what they were but ... .

Also, when you get it working, don't forget to pipe stuff thru strm,
which has a man page on the system.  Good luck and if anyone knows
what all the nodes in /dev/mt are, please let me know.

-- 
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