RS/6000 Tape questions

[frank at leopard.austin.ibm.com]

> 1) Under SUN OS 3, there's a handy dandy utility called "mt" which lets you
> skip ahead or back on a tape with several files written on it.  For example,

> # mt fsf 2

 Look at the tctl command

> 2) My IBM 1/4" tape drive will let me read DC-300 XL tapes written on my
> Sun 3/160, but won't let me write on them (write: invalid argument).

Sorry, you can read but not write to these low density tapes.  Also, to
write to -600 tapes you have to use /dev/rmt0.4.  The default is a
higher density (1200?)


- Frank Feuerbacher


Disclaimer: I speak only for me!  And I don't even do a good job of that!