Mystical Parameters for 8mm Drive Sought

Mike Bell mb at sparrms.ists.ca
Fri Jan 11 08:03:57 AEST 1991


Could anyone recommend the best parameters for using tar or dump with an
Exabyte 8200 8mm tape drive? Also, should the tape drive be /dev/rst0 or
/dev/rmt0?

The documentation we received with the drive is remarkably terse, and
designed for a different machine.

Thanks.



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