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DLTtape
Application Note
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In the next step, you will create a set of device files that will allow DLT device access. These device files
allow certain DLT device modes of operation.
Enter the following commands:
mknod 1m c 54 0x201402
mknod 1mn c
54 0x201403
mknod 1c c 54 0x2014c2
mknod 1cn c 54 0x2014c3
The device files created are for an installed DLT device with a SCSI ID of 4 and are shown below along
with their corresponding operating characteristics:
1m - drive 1, rewind on close
1mn - drive 1, no rewind on close
1c - drive 1, compressed, rewind on close
1cn - drive 1, compressed, no rewind on close
Associating the device files to a DLT device with a SCSI ID other than 4 requires that the number "4" in
the minor number of the mknod command be changed to the new ID.
