Hi, Can somebody tell me what the various tape devices are? I know that /dev/st0 is the first SCSI tape drive and /dev/nst0 is the non-rewinding version of this, but what are /dev/(st|nst)0a, -l and -m?
mymachine:~# ls -l /dev/*st0* crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 128 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/nst0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 224 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/nst0a crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 160 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/nst0l crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 192 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/nst0m crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 0 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/st0 crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 96 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/st0a crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 32 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/st0l crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 64 Aug 3 10:11 /dev/st0m Thanks, | George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., | | tel: +357 99 68 08 86 Strovolos, | | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, | | web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus |
