HP C1537A, Technical Reference Manual

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28 Silicon Graphics (SGI)
MTCAN_PREV|MTCAN_SYNC|MTCAN_SPEOD|MTCAN_CHKRDY|MTCAN_VAR|
MTCAN_SETSZ|MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_SEEK|MTCAN_CMTYPEANY|MTCAN_COMPRESS,
/*minimum delay to I/O is 4 minutes, because when a retry is
*performed, the drive retries a number of times, and then
*rewinds to BOT, repositions, and tries again.*/
40, 4*60, 20*60, 5*60, 512, 64*512, 0, (u_char*)0 },
For IRIX 6.4/6.5:
{ DATTAPE, TPDAT, 2, 6, "HP", "C1537A", 0, 0, {0},
MTCAN_BSF|MTCAN_BSR|MTCAN_APPEND|MTCAN_SETMK|MTCAN_PART|
MTCAN_PREV|MTCAN_SYNC|MTCAN_SPEOD|MTCAN_CHKRDY|MTCAN_VAR|
MTCAN_SETSZ|MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_AUDIO|MTCAN_SEEK|MTCAN_CHTYPEANY,
/* minimum delay on i/o is 4 minutes, because when a retry is
* performed, the drive retries a number of times, and then
* rewinds to BOT, repositions, and tries again. */
40, 4*60, 4*60, 5*60, 3*3600, 512, 512*512,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names,
tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },
For an explanation of the functions of the
MTCAN
values and constants, see
“MTCAN and Constants Values” on page 30 .
3 Edit the first line of the entry to suit your tape drive:
For the HP C1537A, change the first line to read:
{DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1537A",0,...
For the HP C1557A, change the first line to read:
{DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C1557A",0,...
For the HP C5683A, change the first line to read:
{DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C5683A",0,...
For the HP C5713A, change the first line to read:
{DATTAPE, TPDAT,2,6,"HP","C5713A",0,...
4 For IRIX 5. x , remove
MTCAN_AUDIO
from the fourth line of the entry
(shown in bold above).
5 For IRIX 5. x , change the blocking factor from
512*512
to
64*512
(64 KB
blocks) on the last line of the entry. This will keep data transfers short an
avoid tying up the bus.