HP Ultrium Configuration Manual page 12

Argument
[-u]
/dev/rmt/X<name> Path of the device file, where:
See the man page ( man 1m mksf ) for other options of the mksf command. The stape section
covers the SCSI tape driver options. The man page man 7 mt describes long filenames used in
HP-UX 10.x and later.
Example:
To create a device file with the following characteristics:
A hardware address specified by instance 5 ( -I 5 )
•
• No rewind ( -n )
• Berkeley mode tape positioning on close ( -u )
A filename of 4mnb , where 4 is the tape device identifier ( /dev/rmt/4mnb )
•
You would execute the following:
% /sbin/mksf -d stape -I 4 -n -u /dev/rmt/4mnb
Check that the appropriate device file was created using lssf :
% /sbin/lssf /dev/rmt/4mnb
This should produce the following output to show the device file now exists:
stape card instance 0 SCSI target 6 SCSI LUN 0 berkeley no rewind
BEST density at address 2/0/1.6.0 /dev/rmt/4mnb
To create a device file for Ultrium in uncompressed mode, use a command such as:
mksf -H -a -b U_18
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Description
Berkeley mode; absence of this parameter indicates AT&T mode.
Berkeley and AT&T modes differ in their read-only close behavior:
In Berkeley mode, the tape position remains unchanged by a device
•
close operation.
• In AT&T mode, a device close operation causes the tape to be
repositioned just after the next tape filemark (the start of the next
file).
In most cases, Berkeley mode should be used.
Tape device identifier. Use the next available identifier. You
X
can examine the contents of /dev/rmt using the ls
command to determine which identifiers have already been
used.
<name> Short name (in HP-UX 9.x-style) of the device file:
mnb No rewind, compression disabled, Berkeley-mode device
hnb No rewind, compression disabled, Berkeley-mode device
mnb No rewind, compression disabled, Berkeley-mode device
hnb No rewind, compression enabled, Berkeley-mode device