Tape drive devices /dev/rst*

[Bruce Allen]

In article <2878 at brchh104.bnr.ca> PUB%MANVAX.BITNET at cunyvm.cuny.edu (Ed Geraghty - Pub files Manager) writes:
>I am using a Sun-4/370 with an internal 1/4" tape 150Meg tape drive.  I am
>trying to figure out which the numbers after the /dev/rst mean.  (e.g.
>/dev/rst0 /dev/rst8 etc...) can any one tell me what they mean or tell me
>where in the manual set I can find them. I have looked for them ang have
>not been successful.


Look on the st(4s) man page:
   For QIC-150 tape devices (Archive Viper):
	     /dev/rst[0-3]        QIC-150 Format
		       /dev/rst[8-11]       QIC-150 Format
				 /dev/rst[16-20]      QIC-150 Format
					   /dev/rst[24-28]      QIC-150 Format
						     /dev/nrst[0-3]       non-rewinding QIC-150 Format
							       /dev/nrst[8-11]      non-rewinding QIC-150 Format
									 /dev/nrst[16-19]     non-rewinding QIC-150 Format
										   /dev/nrst[24-27]     non-rewinding QIC-150 Format