Creating The Device Files - HP C7401A - SureStore Ultrium 230 Tape Drive Technical Reference Manual

Creating the Device Files

Actions
Create a New Kernel
6 The driver will now be added to the kernel and then the system will
stape
reboot.
Once you have verified the tape drive connection, you will need to create the
appropriate device files for the drive. Normally, you would have rebooted
your system after attaching the tape drive, and this process runs
However, if you have not rebooted your system since attaching the drive, you
can create device files by one of two ways, either through the System
Administration Manager (
To add device files using
This is the recommended and simplest way to create device files.
1
% sam
This will bring up the graphical user interface for the utility.
Select the following:
2
Peripheral Devices
Tape Drives
will then scan the system for any tape drives connected.
sam
When an HP Ultrium drive is found, it will be displayed as:
Hardware Path
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8/0/2/0.3.0
8/0/2/0.4.0
Highlight the Ultrium drive and select the following from the tool bar:
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Actions
Create Device Files
Create Default Device Files
This will create default device files for the drive. To view the device files
that have been created, select:
Actions
Create Device Files
Show Device Files
), or by executing the
sam
:
sam
Driver Description
stape HP
stape HP
.
insf
command.
mksf
Ultrium 1-SCSI
Ultrium 2-SCSI
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