DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide

Operating System Device Drivers
42 DLT VS80 Tape Drive Reference Guide
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux provides native drive recognition. Drive files are located in the /dev
directory. Supplemental drivers are not required. The operating system defaults to
a generic SCSI device and to the default settings of the tape drive.
SuSe Linux
SuSe Linux provides native drive recognition. Drive files are located in the /dev
directory. Supplemental drivers are not required. The operating system defaults to
a generic SCSI device and to the default settings of the tape drive.
Table 3: Typical Native OS Commands
Task Command
Tar Write tar cvf /dev/st0 ./largefile
Tar Read tar xvf /dev/st0
DD Write dd if=./largefile of=//dev/st0 bs=51
DD Read dd if=//dev/st0 of=./largefile bs=512
Table 4: Typical Native OS Commands
Task Command
Tar Write tar cvf /dev/st0 ./largefile
Tar Read tar xvf /dev/st0
DD Write dd if=./largefile of=/dev/st0 bs=512
DD Read dd if=/dev/st0 of=./largefile bs=512