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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu!not-for-mail From: philippe@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Philippe Pouliquen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: SCSI Tape devices.... Date: 22 Jul 1993 14:07:16 -0400 Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <22ml0kINN2d5@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu I've installed a Archive Python tape drive (4mm DAT) on my '486 running 386BSD/PK2.4 and it works just fine. I can transfer tar file between it and the Silicon Graphics machines we have here. My question is: what are the differences between the various devices? /dev/st0 (5,0) /* the one I've been using */ /dev/rst0 (14,0) /* the raw interface */ /dev/nst0 (5,1) /dev/nrst0 (14,1) /* no rewind on close ??? */ /dev/est0 (5,2) /dev/erst0 (14,2) /dev/enst0 (5,3) /dev/enrst0 (14,3) Philippe Pouliquen (philippe@zeus.ece.jhu.edu)